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Indian Judicial Systems
June 2008	Ex-chief justice under corruption panel scanner, Nagendar Sharma, The Hindustan Times, 09/06/2008 Soon, judicial impact of all new laws will be assessed, Akshaya Mukul, The Times of India, 19/06/2008 UP cops want to question judges, Amit Verma, 19/06/2008 Judiciary : Heavy odds, meagre resources, Colin Gonsalves, Combat Law Magazine, 01/05/2008 CJI on judicial reforms, Combat Law, 01/06/2008
May 2008	Judiciary should go for transparency, not secrecy, Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy,Suchi Pande, The Hindu, 07 May 2008, A glorified myth, Sudhanshu Ranjan, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 07 May 2008 Blow to RTI Act from legislature, judiciary, Manoj Mitra ,The Times of India, Mumbai, 01 May 2008 Judicial cry in the wilderness M J Antony, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 07 May 2008 Demand for open judiciary grows, Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 07 May 2008 Raising The Bar For Judges, Mihir Srivastava & Tusha Mittal, Tehelka Magazine, 17 May 2008 Plan to rein in hostile witnesses dropped, Aloke Tikku, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 13 May 2008 The court’s right, Chief Minister, Saheli Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 28 May 2008
April 2008	Judicia l activism: a perspective, B.P. Jeevan Reddy, The Hindu, Chennai, 30 Apr 2008 ‘Justice Express’ leaves many strandedCombat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Judiciary under RTI Act:MPs, Vijay Hiremath, The Times of India, Mumbai, 30 Apr 2008 Long road to justice on a new track, Saheli Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 30 Apr 2008 In Public Interest, The Times of India, Mumbai, 10 Apr 2008 Stay Focused, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 10 Apr 2008
March 2008	Securing judicial accountability, Prashant Bhushan,Communalism Combat Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Judicial activism, romanticism & overreach,Ramesh Thakur, The Hindu, Chennai, 04 Mar 2008
February 2008	SC does balancing act Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 27 Feb 2008 Let's have equal laws Rishabh Bhandari, The Times of India, Mumbai, 13 Feb 2008 Prisoners better talk Dola Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 13 Feb 2008 Speaker expresses surprise over CJI’s reported stand on hearing Teesta Setalvad Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, The Hindu, Chennai, 25 Feb 2008 SC to get more judges, but will it help? Aloke Tikku and Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 22 Feb 2008 Was CJI rap on Teesta too harsh Manoj Mitta, The Times of India, Mumbai, 22 Feb 2007 Reforming the legal profession: some ideas N.R. Madhava Menon, The Hindu, Chennai, 20 Feb 2008 The need for judicial activism Jagmohan, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 09 Feb 2008 Immune system Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 05 Feb 2008
December 2007	Activism-wary judges wash hands of case Samanwaya Rautray ,The Telegraph, Calcutta, 12 Dec 2007 Separate And Unequal Katna Kapur, The Times of India, Mumbai, 08 Dec 2007 Is Judiciary Biased Against The Poor?Balkrishnan Rajagopal , Combat Law Magazine, 01 Dec 2007 No Need For Alarm J S Verma , The Times of India, Mumbai, 19 Dec 2007 Judiciary introspects Pratap Patnaik, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 16 Dec 2007
November 2007	In defence of defending the reviled, Vishnu V. Shankar, The Hindu, Chennai, 29 Nov 2007 Legal System, Swati Deshpande, The Times Of India, Mumbai, 10 Nov 2007 India: Bad marks, yet Ist division, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, The Times of India, Mumbai, 04 Nov 2007