With a term ending in January 2017, he has to move fast to tackle the tough tasks cut out for him, says M J Antony.
The power of judicial review is being stretched to breaking point.
Bombay High Court view opposed to this was wrong.
The recent meeting of chief justices and chief ministers skirted vital issues, which could have helped in improving the efficiency in the functioning of courts
Supreme Court must be less ambitious in the issues it chooses to take up, says M J Antony
The government must get rid of the clutter of old, obsolete laws.
Supreme Court advises temperance in criticising judges who make bona fide errors, says M J Antony
Constitutional questions referred to larger benches of the Supreme Court long ago have literally gathered dust, says M J Antony
Governments must give companies a hearing before blacklisting them.
The court ruled in a judgment running to over 100 pages that the commission can order an investigation into a complaint of an anti-competitive agreement or abuse of dominant position in the market.
The judges in criminal courts also suffer from tunnel vision and focus on the sentence to be given to the offender. If they are sensitive, they can award compensation to the victim while sentencing the lawbreaker. But it is rarely done, and the Supreme Court has often wondered why.
The SC laments that they spend most of their time in covering their back rather than in achieving their goals.
High courts should replicate for states what the Supreme Court has done for Delhi's environment, says M J Antony.
The rate of road accidents in India is so high that the chances of getting run over by a motor vehicle are higher than those of winning a bet at the club.
Borrowers can move civil courts to stall recovery proceedings as they have few other choices.
The accident compensation formula ignores inflation and the rise in life expectancy.
The principle of equal pay for equal work, made enforceable so far, that too by a Supreme Court fiat, is all but buried, says M J Antony.
The original MRTP Act did not contain the phrase UTP; it was introduced in 1984 through an amendment. The phrase is open to interpretation yet, though the Supreme Court bench differed on its definition, the issue has not been sent to a larger bench.
The Supreme Court junks technicalities in international arbitration agreements.
With rising consumerism, future feuds will be over the appearance of products.
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