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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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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