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TIME FOR JUDICIAL REFORMS                                             (July-Sept 2015)  JOUNRAL PDF  Supreme Court judgment striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as unconstitutional split India’s legal fraternity down the middle. The churning that followed brought the spotlight on appointments to India’s top judiciary though the ...

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Justice precedes all other values that we the people of India solemnly secure in the Preamble to our Constitution.It is not that the other values are less significant but the fact is simply this: Justice is the bedrock of democracy because injustice causes cynicism and alienation which eventually erode the society's sense of liberty, equality and fraternity. Justice reinforces democracy and a just society is where the state institutions are fair, objective and impartial. By that logic eve...

Can India afford to guarantee quality education for all children? What should be the benchmark for an assured minimum quality? Is learning outcome more important than infrastructure? The extraordinary thing about such questions 68 years after Independence is that they are still being raised. We, as a nation, are fiercely debating what should have been non-negotiable half a century ago. And if the emerging trends are any indication, we will perhaps go on debating them for another fifty years. ...

What is common between Vasant Vihar and Kusumpuri Pahari? Vasant Vihar is among Delhi's classiest colonies and Kusumpuri Pahari is a chaotic slum which sticks out on a road nearby. Every morning swarms of men and women walk or cycle from Kusumpuri Pahari and other slums to upscale Vasant Vihar, Westend, Shanti Niketan and several middle class localities in between. These are maids, drivers, guards, gardeners, cleaners, babysitters and an assortment of care givers. From masseurs to enema a...