Bharat Chugh
@advbharatchugh
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Delhi based Advocate, writing on Law & Justice...
Delhi
Joined April 2020
Good debating @Preddy85 on this issue particularly close to my heart. And @Aaratrika_11 Brilliantly done, as always. @TheHindu.
#Comment | On May 20, the Supreme Court restored a minimum of three years of legal practice as a mandatory condition to apply for entry-level judicial service. The ruling reverses the Court’s 2002 decision that had removed the practice requirement, originally mandated by a 1993
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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
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RT @asurendranath: Judicial education & training is a specialised field and we just haven’t paid it enough attention in India. What we sev….
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Equal Pay for Equal Work Prevails: Supreme Court Upholds RMSA Teachers’ Right to Parity
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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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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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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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RT @dillihillbilly: Remembering @advbharatchugh Sir who would type his own judgements during his tenure at Delhi Judicial Services saving t….
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Looking forward to this at 6:30 PM today at IIC, Delhi.
@SimonSchusterIN is hosting an event next Friday - May 9th at India International Centre (IIC) to discuss Tareekh Pe Justice moderated by @BhadraSinha with @advbharatchugh, Prof. Shivaraj Huchhanavar, @j_chitrakshi and I. Open for all, no registration required. Please attend.
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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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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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I review for Scroll - a very insightful book written by @Preddy85 and @j_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.
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Another important verdict where the Court honourably acquitted the accused who was falsely implicated. Highlights the importance of WhatsApp chats & electronic evidence. Love relationship gone sour: Court; acquits IAF man in rape case via @timesofindia.
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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! @Preddy85 @j_chitrakshi.
My book with @j_chitrakshi - Tareekh Pe Justice: Reforms for India's District Courts published by @SimonSchusterIN is now available for purchase in bookstores & Amazon Prime:
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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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Freedom of Speech . As well as - . Freedom After Speech.
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