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Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences

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“Where one stands on an issue depends on where one sits.”

Law Justice Judgment Judgement Judges

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“That axiom applies to judgments as much as to the laws themselves.”

Law Judgment Judgement Legislature Laws

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“That is dangerous forgetting, for that judgment deserves as much to be burnt into our consciousness as ADM Jabalpur.”

Law Judgment India Memory

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“So, the courts are our protectors. But on occasion we have to strain to comprehend why they keep looking the other way.”

Judiciary Judges Courts

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“The bail had barely been granted and a faction of the Republican Party of India organized a function in the same hall to felicitate and honour the assailants for having successfully attacked me – a fact that, being merely in the public domain, was obviously not something the court would take note of!”

Law Court Assault Attack Bail

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“Outside the state structure there is just about as much fear of the courts as there is of income tax among our non-salaried class”

Judiciary Legal System Courts

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“The ‘law in books’ v. the ‘law in action”

Law Justice Judiciary Courts

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“Nothing, but nothing happened.”

Justice Injustice Judiciary Courts

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“The courts, and, of course, the support of our readers, were our only dykes.”

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“But it is also true that sometimes I have had to watch helplessly as the courts could not be persuaded to do what seemed clearly within their power...”

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“Rulings – or laws – are so far ahead of reality; or if Courts, having decreed a remedy, do not follow up to ensure that it is being adhered to...”

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“he air we breathe in Delhi this winter is much cleaner than it was two or three winters ago; fewer pollutants are being dumped into the Yamuna. Each of these turnarounds is traceable solely to the directions that the Supreme Court gave.”

Law Supreme Court Courts Judgments Supreme Court Of India

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“That question should have struck the Court.”

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“Can we keep up at this pace?”

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“Before parting, we place on record our deep anguish …”

Anguish Departure Courts Depart On Record

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“The state structure is marked by – that should perhaps be, ‘marred by’ – kargozari, by the show of work, not work. There is at all times much activity, but at most little movement.”

Bureaucracy Inefficiency

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“In fact, it is a good enough reason to change one’s chairs from time to time – not just one’s job, one’s profession itself. We then get to see things that have become so familiar as to seem stale, from unaccustomed, refreshing angles.”

Jobs New Start Professions

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