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Justice Ranjan Gogoi taking oath as the Chief Justice of India at the presidential palace in New Delhi on October 3, 2018.

Not above the law

International experience shows that ensuring ordinary criminal accountability for judges for crimes they are alleged to have committed will strengthen
G. Mohan Gopal
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice RK Agrawal arrive for Agarwal's farewell ceremony organized by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) at Supreme Court in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist (PTI5_4_2018_000130B)

Credibility crisis

The credibility of the Supreme Court as an independent institution suffers erosion, with the office of the Chief Justice of India coming under a cloud
G. MOHAN GOPAL
DELHI, 23/11/2013: An advocate walks silhoutted in the corridors of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Monica Tiwari

Justice and the two ideas of India

India is caught between two conflicting visions of the nation—a progressive constitutional one and a conservative one—each with its own view of the ro
G. MOHAN GOPAL
New Delhi, March 14, 2009 : One of the defaulters carrying electricity bills reaching Delhi High Court to attend the Lok Adalat for BSES electricty theft cases , in New Delhi on March 14, 2009 . On the first day of two days event, hundreds of defaulters from all walk of life including jj colonies, farm houses, and habitual offenders attended this adalat and got around 50% waiver on their old dues upto Rs.5,00,000. Photo by - Rajeev_ Bhatt.

Supreme Court and the aam aadmi

It is the goal of social revolution that connects the aam aadmi to the judiciary and to its highest institution, the Supreme Court of India.
Prof. G. MOHAN GOPAL
B:LINE:Farmers under the banner of All India Kisan Sabha seen during a rally demnading Implementation of land reforms, Amendments in the land acquisition Act of 1894, protection of farmers' right to seed etc.,in the Capital on 11-3-11. Pic-Ramesh Sharma

Dissenting note

In place of judicial impact assessment, what India needs is “judicial use assessment” to measure to what extent people have actually used courts to
Prof. G. MOHAN GOPAL
New Delhi, 10/10/2008:Members oF Amnesty International staging a protest demonstration demanding to abolish death penalty, on the occassion of 6th World Day against Death Penalty, at India Gate in New Delhi on 10, October, 2008. Photo:S_Subramanium

Colonial legacy

Retribution as a basis for criminal punishment is a legacy of the past. It has no place in an enlightened future.
G. MOHAN GOPAL
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