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NLC:Objectives
1) Abolition of Collegium system of appointment and transfer of judges and the substitution of the same by an independent judicial appointments commission where neither the executive nor the judiciary will have a primacy.The NJAC shall
advertise the vacancies and invite applications from all eligible candidates;
2) Creation of a Judicial Ombudsman to deal with the complaints of corruption and malpractices against judges;
3) Audio/video-recording of proceedings of all Courts and Tribunals and access to such records to the litigants, lawyers and public;
4) Reintroduction of the policy of transfer of 1/3rd of judges out of their parent High Court as a panacea for the pernicious practices of the kith and kin of judges practicing in the very same court, nay, the “Uncle Judges Syndrome”;
5) Abolition of the practice of designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates by the judges, so too abolition of AOR;
6) Abolition of the concept of Contempt of Courts by scandalization
7. Enactment of laws to ensure that Public Prosecutors/ Govt. Pleaders/ Standing Counsel for Central Government and statutory Authorities are appointed in a Transparent manner.
8)Restoration of the pristine glory of the civil courts as the court of record of plenary jurisdiction empowered, competent and duty bound to embark upon any dispute of a civil nature including the constitutionality of a statute as it was the case prior to independence.
9) Simplification of procedures of all courts and tribunals and, in particular, implementation of the E-courts project on a war footing;
10) Abolition of Tribunals except involving highly technical subjects which require non lawyer Members on the Bench and equal opportunity of selection to lawyers qua those from judicial services;
11) Repeal the Articles 226, 32 of the constitution because the said jurisdiction is pronouncely absolutely discretionary or make it function as a court of plenary jurisdiction which will act on law and least on its discretion, will allow the litigants to adduce evidence on disputed facts, frame issues and hear the parties on all issues and pass a speaking order .
12) Make it mandatory that no judge of the SC shall be eligible for appointment of any office until the expiry of at least two years since retirement.
13. Make Sec.92 and Order 1 Rule 8 of the CPC applicable to PILs so that PIL is no longer an instrument of tyranny and injustice where the public at large is bound by a judgement of a case where they were not party and PIL is not abused as a political weapon against the political Executive. At the same time Promote “pro bono” litigation for the benefit of the poor.
14. To bring an appropriate legislation providing for at least one Forum of Appeal on facts and law against all judicial pronouncements and in particular of the SC under Articles 32, 129, 141,142 of the Constitution or under the Contempt of Court Act
15. Do away with the immunity judges today enjoy even from penal offence because of the orders of the SC that no FIR shall be registered against the judges of the SC and HC without the permission of the CJI.The role of the brokers who meddle with the affairs of the judiciary be investigated by CBI and ED.
16. Abolition of the concept of absolute judicial immunity and instead immunity be limited where the judge acts bonafide as is the case with any other public servant.
17.Bring an end to the ill treatment and harassment of the ‘Party in Person’ and to provide them at least bare minimum facilities.
18. So far as the affairs of the judiciary is concerned, RTI is a dead letter, judges are no longer declaring assets. Both to be made mandatory.
19. All cases including Review Petition be heard in the open court, except cases which are required to be heard ‘in-camera’ and no case shall be disposed of without a speaking order.
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Many junior advocates do not know that all High court judges have inbuilt compassion. Art.226 petition is just a door to knock at their hearts. If you can appeal to their heart, they can give you relief even if you may have no legal rights. And all judges know how to do this
Here is a fictional example.
A young advocate's father serving in a Gujarat bank died in 2004. As per prevailing policy his mother was entitled to a compassion appointment as a peon in the bank. But the bank replied to her in 2007 that as per new policy, she was not entitled to appointment.
This order was prima facie illegal and his mother was wrongly denied appointment. Her legal rights were violated. But she had no means to reach court. This advocate was then just a small boy.
But he carried this injustice to her mother in his heart and he became an advocate in 2025.
Now in 2026, all his and her mother's legal remedies are time barred. They cannot put any legal claim against the bank.
Now how a court can help him?
This is a fictional example, but if he had asked me, I would have given him following advice.
1. Be more religious.
2. See if any of your father's co-workers can help you in getting on panel of advocates of the said bank or any other local bank.
3. Draft a polite letter to the bank branch where your father worked. Request him to consider you for empanelment of the bank's advocates, so that the deprivation of his mother's right in 2006 can be compensated by the bank by giving empanelment in panel of bank in 2026.
4. If the bank does not consider representation, you can approach the High Court under Art 226, and request Hon'ble Judge to request the bank's standing counsel to take instructions from branch regarding consideration of your representation as your mother has been wrongly deprived of her rights in 2006.
5. If the High Court judge is compassionate, he will ask standing counsel of bank to take instructions.
In such cases, even if a petitioner has no legal rights, the High Court can nudge standing counsels of institutions to do justice.
What is true about Art 226, is also true about Art. 32, 142 in Supreme Court. It is also true under Sec.9 CPC suits in trial courts. You can see compassionate judges in every court of India.
An advocate of any bank or Institute is also an officer of Court. So most probably he will prevail over his client and advise his client to act as per nudge given by the Judge.
The power involved here is "Power of Nudge".
In such "Nudge Order", a Judge keeps all options open. He can summarily dismiss case or he can pass such order as he may think fit, to do justice to both sides.
Judges are more inclined to pass "Nudge Orders" whenever a fresh junior advocate appears.
They encourage juniors.
(c) Haresh Raichura 11/1/2026
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@Officejmscindia@JM_Scindia In your constituency area (Shivpuri)
BSNL services are still worst ..
No network connectivity ... I didn't get even 2G
How can I expect 4G ...🥴
I did complaint to BSNL many time but actually nothing done by their officers and engineers.
Look at this pic ...
Jai Ram Ji Ki @Jairam_Ramesh how long will you keep blaming the game and the umpire?
Your nauseating addiction to Gandhi-sycophancy prevents you from seeing the obvious.
Bharat wants merit and performance - not your recycled and perennially relaunched Rahul Baba.
Suppose you have joined legal profession yesterday only and you are now told that,
1) Marksheets of law colleges only do not count here, your practical clinical experience of handing case related work counts more.
2) Merits only does not help. Good English only does not help. How many people in general public know you personally, counts more. How many people will vote for you, counts more.
3) Your contacts and your merit counts very little, the contacts of your parents count much more. (This is a timeless wisdom. From ancient times to present times, from politics to business and professions, contacts of parents count more).
4) We are not born equal. The Consitition only tries to promise equal opportunities. But it does not guarantee that at workplace you will have equal opportunities. All the students in your law classes may have equal law degrees and yet they will land at different heights in the legal profession.
5) The principles of maths do not apply in court hearings. It is never 2 + 2 = 4. In same set of facts, in same cases, the judgements may vary in unpredictable ways. One day you may feel that you have mastered the court craft. And next day you may feel that you have still not learned even the basics of court craft.
6) The map and the territory are different. Law colleges and law report judgements are maps. When you actually start walking on the actual territory of law, you may encounter many bumps and valleys which are not mentioned in the maps.
7) Then you are told that in court life, achievements and defeats are common. They take you on emotional roller coasters which may cause frequent spikes in your blood glucose and you may be prone to diabetes and high blood pressure type diseases as vocational hazards of legal profession.
8) Now assuming that this is the real situation you are facing, how will you start your law practise? What will be your income at the end of first three months, what will be your income at the end of 3rd year of practise, what will be your income at the end of your 30th year?
What resolutions or affirmations you will you frame that may help you in this journey?
My resolution in 1982 was “Fighting unarmed against a thousands soldiers”.
This resolution still helps me.
But I truly wish that I would have made some different more practical resolution.
(Copyright) Haresh Raichura 11th September, 2024
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@Hareshraichura Your post on social media platforms which gives motivation to all newcomers lawyers to having struggle in professional life.
Thank you sir 🙏🙏🙏