Basil Nabi Malik
We seek to upend everything because it’s easier to look forward to something new than look back at something ugly
Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:07am
Without declared and established criteria for appointing a chief justice, whispers of manipulation or favouritism may follow.
Updated 05 Jul, 2024 09:00am
The process of enrolment at the apex court is tedious, and is made more cumbersome by procedural bottlenecks along the way.
Published 10 May, 2024 08:09am
Difficult questions will have to be asked, no matter how problematic.
Updated 03 May, 2024 09:00am
Why is a judge’s role considered so onerous? For a number of reasons.
Updated 27 Jan, 2024 11:16am
There is a perception that the SC shall always be beholden to personal likes and dislikes of certain senior judges.
Updated 21 Oct, 2023 08:48am
Most institutions treat the Constitution like a magazine we read to kill time, as opposed to a document that must be adhered to in letter and spirit.
Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:14am
The challenges in creating new courts explicitly for constitutional matters are manifold.
Updated 24 Jun, 2023 09:14am
The real issue is the significance of what was said by the judges on either side of the divide.
Updated 14 Apr, 2023 09:17am
The problem isn’t simply the army, politicians, or the judiciary, and how they’ve made a hash of things.
Updated 24 Mar, 2023 09:45am
If everyone indulges in political games, then who’s left doing their portion of the work?
Updated 18 Nov, 2022 08:47am
Unlike before, the sense of doom and gloom seems to have eclipsed all traditional beacons of hope.
Updated 22 Oct, 2022 09:05am
Would controversies have arisen about judges’ appointments if open criteria had been announced?
Updated 15 Jul, 2022 08:55am
It is about the perception of whether justice is indeed being delivered.
Updated 28 Apr, 2022 08:36am
We should all hope for a better tomorrow when we actually awaken from our slumber...
Updated 02 Apr, 2022 08:16am
The line between ‘implementable’ and ‘wishful thinking’ is a fine one indeed.
Published 10 Mar, 2022 08:04am
It is not about disagreeing with the majority or ‘plurality’, but the manner in which such disagreement presents itself.
Published 14 Feb, 2022 07:57am
Thousands of cases are pending in the courts...
Published 22 Jan, 2022 07:52am
What are the baseline benchmarks and standards in the JCP’s overall decision-making methods?
Published 13 Jan, 2022 06:58am
As a society, we tend to establish guilt before innocence and decide before we deliberate.
Published 30 Sep, 2021 06:39am
