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Markandey Katju 19 Sep 2023 2:33pm
In the name of God, go !
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The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, retired yesterday, 16th September, 2023. What is his legacy ? How will he be remembered ?No Judge is perfect. Some are short tempered and rude in court, some are dim witted and often cannot understand the lawyer's argument, some know little law, some talk too much in court ( in violation of Bacon's dictum…
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Markandey Katju 12 Sep 2023 5:32pm
An appeal to Hon'ble the CJP Bandial and his Companion Judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court
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By Justice Markandey Katju, former Indian Supreme Court Judge, and Arifa Nadeem, a Pakistani attorneyDear CJP Bandial and Hon'ble Judges of Pakistan SC.We are appealing to you to take suo motu action to get Prof Zahoor Mashwani released by issuing a writ of habeas corpus. The details are given below.Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s focal person…
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Markandey Katju 22 Aug 2023 6:30pm
President  Arif Alvi has been economical with the truth
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The President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has stirred up a hornet's nest in Pakistan by this tweet :'' As God is my witness, I did not sign Official Secrets Amendment Bill 2023 & Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2023 as I disagreed with these laws. I asked my staff to return the bills unsigned within stipulated time to make them ineffective. I confirmed…
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Markandey Katju 21 Aug 2023 11:18am
A Judge is not a Knight Errant
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Justice Benjamin Cardozo, the celebrated Judge of the US Supreme Court, wrote in his book 'The Nature of the Judicial Process' :'' A Judge is not a Knight Errant roaming at will in search of his own ideal of beauty and goodness ''.I submit with respect that the recent release of a 30 page handbook by the Chief Justice of India for guiding judges to…
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Markandey Katju 15 Aug 2023 7:49pm
New Constitution of India
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A long time has expired since 1950 when the Indian Constitution was made, and it has now become necessary to frame and promulgate a new Constitution in view of the changed circumstances.Hence, this new Constitution has been drafted by the best legal minds of India, and is being submitted today, 15th August 2023 Independence Day, to the people of India…
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Markandey Katju 15 Aug 2023 7:44pm
An irrelevant issue
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For the last 5 days a 5 judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court has been hearing a bunch of 20 petitions challenging the validity of abrogation on 6th August 2019 of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which grants a special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir ( J&K ),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revocation_of_the_special_status_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir.Various…
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Markandey Katju 14 Aug 2023 9:55am
Siddhartha Varadarajan's half truths
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Witnesses in court have to swear to tell the whole truth, but Siddhartha Varadarajan who runs the portal thewire.in, and professes to be an independent, impartial.and upright journalist, believes in telling half truths.The latest example is his video on Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice of Odisha High Court, who retired recentlyhttps://thewire.in/law/watch-a-judge-so-outstanding-that-narendra-modi-made-sure-he-never-made-it-to-the-scAll…
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Markandey Katju 11 Aug 2023 10:47pm
If I was made Chief Justice of Pakistan
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I recently gave an interview online to a Pakistani journalist, Sohrab Barkat of siasat.pk, which is belowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6WIaFN-HhU&t=28sThere were over 670 comments on Youtube after the interview was displayed. Among these were some comments, probably from Pakistanis, that I should be made Chief Justice of Pakistan ( CJP )..The…
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Markandey Katju 1 Jul 2023 12:12pm
Eid al Adha in Court
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Today 29th June is Eid al Adha ( also called Eid ul Zoha or Bakrid ) an important festival among Muslims in which an animal is sacrificed ( qurbani )..This reminded me of a case I heard in the Allahabad High Court shortly after I was appointed a Judge there in 1991.The petition, presented a few days before Eid al Adha, prayed that I should order ban…
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Markandey Katju 13 Jun 2023 3:13pm
Katju, thonkte raho
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Today morning I saw this message sent by someone on my fb messenger :  '' Hello sir, I am a lawyer practising in Allahabad High Court.Today an elderly advocate reminded me about your past time when you were a sitting judge of Allahabad High Court.I was waiting to argue a matter of demolition when a very old advocate sitting beside me said " Ye…
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