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Bharat Chugh

@advbharatchugh

Delhi based Advocate, writing on Law & Justice...

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1. There's no such thing as moral or immoral comedy or moral or immoral stand-up. 2. Or, for that matter, legal or illegal comedy. 3. Comedy is either well-written or badly-written; Funny or not funny. 4. And, in no case should it ever lead to an FIR. 5. The only exception

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Another important verdict in a S. 376 trial yesterday by a Patiala House Court. An acquittal in what was clearly a false implication. The Court did not only 'acquit' the accused but 'honourably acquitted'. This is important as honourably acquitted, in this context, means:

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Merely 2 chapters into it and I can already say that : this is one of the most important books to be written on the Indian Trial Courts, ever..... and long, long due..... Thank you! T. Prashant Reddy Chitrakshi

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I review for Scroll - a very insightful book written by T. Prashant Reddy and Chitrakshi. This book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how the justice system (and trial courts, especially) work (or doesn’t) in India........ scroll.in/article/108123… Scroll.in

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Constitutional silences are - actually - very telling and eloquent. They speak the language of basic structure which is the very soul of our Constitution.

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In a democracy, whenever legislature & executive falter, the judiciary must step up. Especially, when there's violation of fundamental rights & erosion of basic structure. Judicial activism isn't overreach— it's Constitution in action, safeguarding rights & ensuring justice.

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Remembering Bharat Chugh Sir who would type his own judgements during his tenure at Delhi Judicial Services saving time of litigants and Courts'.

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The judiciary has neither the sword nor the purse. Its only real power is people's confidence. Everything it does (or doesn't) must preserve that legitimacy - or it risks losing the very ground it stands on. And that would be the end of Rule of Law as we know it.

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Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to a matter that truly mattered. These 380 teachers (termed 'contract teachers') had long been denied equal pay for equal work and basic dignity. Despite almost a decade of service, they were being paid only 31k a month.

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My take on the recent SC judgment on mandatory three years practice: 1. I can speak from experience that young, idealistic and extremely talented youth aspire to be adjudicators. Telling them to park the aspiration for 3 years and enter practice instead may hurt this aspiration

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Judicial education & training is a specialised field and we just haven’t paid it enough attention in India. What we severely lack in those fields, cannot be offset by setting a 3-yr practice rule to become judges. Wrong solution to a very serious problem.

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Short Book Review: Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix A 4.5 out of 5 for me. 0.5 mark less, and that too only because it simply wasn’t long enough. No great book ever is. I said the same thing after reading the 1500 page The Suitable Boy. But this one’s actually very short. About

Short Book Review: Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

A 4.5 out of 5 for me. 0.5 mark less, and that too only because it simply wasn’t long enough. No great book ever is. I said the same thing after reading the 1500 page The Suitable Boy. But this one’s actually very short. About