Description
The Narendra Modi-led NDA comes to power in 2014 and immediately sets its sights on judicial reforms. A new NJAC act is passed in Parliament. A constitutional amendment paving the way for the Act is also passed. Troubled lawyers move the courts opposing the new laws, objecting to the role of the executive that the Act outlines. A vacation bench hears the matter in the summer of 2015. The fate of judicial independence hangs in the balance. Eminent lawyers appear on both sides arguing for and against the new appointments system. In October 2015, the court announced its verdict.
Reference
A list of archival resources used to research this episode can be found here.
News clip of Justice Khehar- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB1WbaeGUuA
Sounds of Parliamentary uproar, followed by anchor’s summing up- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcbJL1JjaK0
News clip of Ex- Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTPtkWKE6D0%20(4.07%20to%204.10)
News clip of RS Prasad- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kcAxADbRkg
News clip of Falil Nariman- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBugNBMJmY
SC refers plea against NJAC act to 5 judges bench- https://youtu.be/raT5idVxla0
News clip of Supreme court striking down NJAC- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd6lYHjIiG8
News clip of Arun Jaitley on NJAC judgement- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qprmv0GG8XM
Anil Divan’s interview with Sansa TV- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoijW0GLWEE
CJI lashes out at government for stalling appointment of HC judges- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cji-lashes-out-at-government-for-stalling-appointment-of-hc-judges/articleshow/53678287.cms
Transcript: https://www.anildivanfoundation.org/episode8
Credits:
Host: Raghu Karnad
Guests: Abhinav Chandrachud, Anindita Pujari, Dushyant Dave, Prashant Kumar, Santosh Paul, Utkarsh Anand
Research Manager: Ramya Boddupalli
Legal Researcher: Vipinn Mittaal
Scriptwriter: Ramya Boddupalli
Script editor: Bhavya Dore
Fact checker: Vipinn Mittaal
Advisors: Lawrence Liang, Ranvir Singh, Shyam Divan and Vivek Divan
Head of Production: Shaun Fanthome
Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas
Production Assistant: Sakshi Nair
Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni
Sound Editor & Music Supervisor: Lakshman Parsuram
Graphic Designer: Sephin Alexander
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