A Party-In-Person’s
Journey through the Courts
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Open letter to Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta
This is an open letter written to Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta concerning issues around the verification of advocates. The Supreme Court of India in Ajay Shankar Srivastava v. Bar Council of India & Anr. [2023] 6 SCR 505 constituted a High Power Committee headed by Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta as Chairperson. This committee has been tasked with…
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Is the Supreme Court automatic listing biased?
The Supreme Court automatic listing system came into being on 10th July 2017. This is stated to be based on an “automated, dynamic and a responsive software (ICMIS)” to rule out manual intervention. The big question is whether discrimination is built into the software or is it open to manual intervention?
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What does a fair trial look like?
Imagine for a moment what a fair trial looks like: You receive a summons from a criminal court through registered post/cops. This is a case filed by someone you don’t know about something you did not do. You are extremely disturbed.
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Rashmi Munikempanna is a disabled woman currently appearing as party-in-person in the District courts, High Court of Karnataka and the Supreme Court of India. She chronicles her journey in the courts on cityofdis.in