By Kumkum Chadha To call her a victim would be an insult to her strength. She is an accomplished civil servant with a career that many would envy. Sarada Muraleedharan, Kerala’s chief secretary, has held positions of extraordinary responsibility, from heading the transformative Kudumbashree Mission to serving as COO of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission…
By Annunthra Rangan As geopolitical tensions mount, US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on countries that challenge the US dollar’s global dominance—chief among them the BRICS bloc: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as recent additions Egypt, Ethiopia, and Iran. Though intended to deter de-dollarization, such tariffs…
By Prof Upendra Baxi We live amidst the outcries of alleged popular opinion, and media trials, and pop media surveys about diminishing public confidence in courts and trust and faith in the judiciary, surrounding allegations of “corruption” by Justice Yashwant Varma. One should be wary of those national TV channels who take a snap public…
By Inderjit Badhwar Sometimes, a magazine cover chooses itself. This is one of those times. As we watched images of homes, shops, livelihoods—and most recently, even lives—being crushed under the treads of bulldozers, we knew this could no longer be treated as “normal”. What began as a so-called law-and-order measure has now mutated into a…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recently proposed the transfer of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari from the Madhya Pradesh High Court to the Kerala High Court. A resolution to this effect was passed by the Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, on April 3. Justice Dharmadhikari, currently the fourth judge in terms of…
Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna has said that in order to prevent a dispute from entering a family court, pre-litigation conciliation or mediation should be made a mandatory procedure before filing of such cases. Speaking during the Southern Zone Regional Conference organized by the Family Courts Committee, Supreme Court of India in association with…
In order to ensure accessible and affordable justice for every citizen, Kerala has introduced online filing and hearing facilities for Permanent Lok Adalats. The significant step, aimed at leveraging technology to bridge the justice gap, especially for marginalised communities, has made Kerala the first Indian state to introduce the online filing system for Permanent Lok…
Senior Advocate and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court S Muralidhar has said that the Constitution reflected the aspirations of Indians, who wanted an egalitarian society that respected individual dignity. Delivering a lecture on ‘Transformative Constitutionalism and the Role of the Judiciary,’ organised by the Kochi International Foundation and the National University of Advanced…
On the basis of a Supreme Court judgment that declared the laws as “deemed to have been assented” to by Governor RN Ravi, the Government of Tamil Nadu has notified 10 state Acts in the official gazatte. This has become the first such instance in India, wherein a state government operationalised a legislation without the assent…
Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has suggested the creation of a cohesive national platform for disability advocacy through greater collaboration between academia and the private sector, along with amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act. Speaking during a panel discussion on ‘Disability Rights & Beyond,’ organised by Mission Accessibility on…