CPM makes case for judicial commission

The CPI(M) has called for setting up a National Judicial Commission for ensuring judicial accountability.

The CPI(M) has called for setting up a National Judicial Commission for ensuring judicial accountability.

The editorial in the forthcoming issue of the party mouthpiece, People’s Democracy, says the time has come for the country to “seriously consider the constitution of a National Judicial Commission comprising of representatives from the judiciary, from the executive, from the legislature and from the Bar, to deal with the entire range of issues from the appointment and transfer of judges to ensuring judicial accountability.”

The editorial then says Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, an eminent jurist, once noted: “The framers of our Constitution took infinite care to provide for an independent and impartial judiciary as the interpreter of the Constitution and as the custodian of the rights of the citizens through the process of judicial review, which gives the mandate to the judiciary to interpret the laws but, if I may humbly submit, not to make them, nor to lay down general norms of behaviour for the Government or to decide upon public policy. The concept is ‘judicial review’ and not judicial activism.”

Nizamuddin went to the US in December 2015 for a Master’s course in Computer Science, which he completed from Florida Institute of Technology in 2017. He completed his B.Tech in ECE from Jayaprakash Narayan College of Engineering, Mahbubnagar.

‘Complained of racial discrimination’: Family of Indian techie shot dead by police in US

India3 hr ago

31-year-old Mohammed Nizamuddin was allegedly shot dead by police in Santa Clara, California on September 3. His family was informed 15 days later and are struggling to understand what happened. Nizamuddin had complained about racial discrimination and harassment before quitting his job. His father has requested assistance in bringing his son's body back home.

View all shorts

Live Blog