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• 150 Years Of Fortitude in Judiciary: It is a remarkable milestone when any single institution anywhere can claim to have functioned for a full 150 years without interruption. When that institution is a court of law, it affords all of us — not just the lawyers and judges — a very special opportunity. » more
  
  

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• A Talkative Judge in Judiciary: For the most part, lawyers in the Karnataka High Court, a stately neo-classical structure in Bangalore’s Cubbon Park, are a restrained and circumspect lot. So when Udaya Holla, a distinguished senior advocate, complains about a judge’s conduct and language, you know something is seriously wrong. » more
  
  

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• Past Imperfect, Future Tense in Judiciary: It’s a day like any other. There is the usual hectic activity in the squalid room. The furniture is creaky and damaged. There are more people than the room can comfortably hold, and, for a courtroom, there’s an unacceptable level of noise. Sitting on a plain bench against the far wall is a quiet man in a suit. He’s been sitting there for hours. It’s not his first visit either. He could be anyone. He just happens to be one of the city’s — possibly the world’s — most renowned cancer surgeons. If this sounds familiar, it should. At some point, all of us have had a similar experience, or know someone who has. No one is spared the indignities of our judicial system. » more
  
  

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• Reimagining History in Judiciary: It’s not about Rama. It’s not about Babur. It’s not even about a temple or a mosque. It’s about an assault of a kind we’ve never seen before, on history, law and the truth. » more
  
  

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• The Judiciary On Vacation. Again. in Judiciary: In one respect, being a lawyer is very like being a schoolteacher, except that it pays much better. You get vacations. The annual calendar is vitally important: the first thing we do is to look at the red-letter days: long weekends, a four-week vacation in summer, two weeks at Diwali, another two over Christmas and the New Year and every public holiday in between, plus weekends. All told, High Courts work for only 210 days in the year, the Supreme Court for about 180 (lower courts work longer). » more