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Democratic war

The Lokpal must be an independent body accessible to every citizen on any matter of corruption affecting the purity of public life.
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The judiciary suffers from an unbecoming misbehaviour syndrome.-AP

Time for change

The time has come for a democratic revolt against the judiciary and for the appointment of a performance commission for judges.
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In Bihars Begusarai district, people wait to vote in the Assembly elections in 2005.-RANJEET KUMAR

Points to ponder

NOW that the next general elections have become a proximate, profound issue, decisive for the nations future and with creative potential for Indias de
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan. A file photograph.-V. SUDERSHAN

Case for a council to choose judges

AN innovative instrumentality to nominate members of the higher judiciary by a pro tem collegium composed of the seniormost Supreme Court judges is an
V.R. KRISHNA IYER
The Supreme Court building in New Delhi.-V. SUDERSHAN

In public interest

Activist judiciary: a pro bono fiduciary vis-a-vis operation public interest litigation.
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A Student Federation of India protest against the self-financing colleges' opposition to the Bill, in Thiruvananthapuram.-S. GOPAKUMAR

Selling out

Private freebooters are holding the talented youth of India to ransom, while the state wastes its funds on luxuries.
V.R. KRISHNA IYER
A protest by Democratic Youth Federation of India volunteers against a Kerala High Court order asking the Perumatti panchayat to issue a working licence to Coca Cola's bottling plant in Plachimada.-H. VIBHU

Plachimada's right

Ground water is no private asset to be exploited limitlessly by any individual or corporation. It is cosmic wealth to be preserved in trust beyond the
V.R. KRISHNA IYER

A case for campus politics

Is it desirable to banish student politics from college campuses? A look at the question, in the context of the Kerala High Court verdict.
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At the Madras High Court. India's constitutional democracy is in judicial custody. The courts must live up to their judicial trust.-VINO JOHN

A democratic demand

Public interest justice is in need of a clear code, research and development support, in order that the instrumentality may be perfected and canalised
V. R. KRISHNA IYER

Human rights and human development

On the fundamental contradiction between World Bank-IMF political economy and universal happiness of people, especially of developing countries.
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For a creative strategy

Peace is India's first charge. There should not be a horror-terror war until the last hope of peace is lost.
V.R. KRISHNA IYER

The Indian judicature

There is a strong case to consider constitutional changes in the judicial appointment process in India if disappointment is not to visit judicial perf
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