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“Know Your Judge”. Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai, Karnataka High Court.

Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai retires on 21 May 2023 during the summer vacation. He is being given hearty farewell today. Justice P.N. Desai was born on 21:5:1961 at Navalgund, Dharwad District. He did Bachelor of Science (B.sc) Degree from P.C. Jabin Science College, Hubli and LL.B. (Spl) from University College of Law, Dharwad. Justice P.N. …

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Women Judges in Higher Judiciary. Misery untold.

S. Basavaraj, Senior Advocate, Bengaluru. Recently the Chief Justice of India asked a pertinent question “Why there are less women in Higher Judiciary?” I wrote this on 8 March 2016. Unfortunately there is little improvement since then. Another Women’s’ Day is here. From the legal perspective, it is highly disappointing. The woman lawyers are completely …

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“Adopt Objective Assessment of Relative Merit for appointment of High Court Judges.” Senior Advocate urges SC Collegium.

Senior Advocate S Basavaraj has urged the Supreme Court collegium to adopt the system of “objective assessment of relative merit” of the candidates for elevation as High Court Judges. The letter reads; The procedure of circulating the judgments of the High Court Judges prospective candidates and making an objective assessment of their relative merit and …

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Writing Judgments by hand. Clarity of thought and dedication personified.

During the interactive session with office bearers of various Bar Associations on 26th November 2022 at Tumkur, we had a pleasant surprise. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar of the Karnataka High Court revealed/informed that all his judgments, except the one dictated in the open court, are hand-written by him. This gives complete command over the facts …

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