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HONBLE JUDGE OF

THE SUPREME

COURTBy

Amber.J.Singhai


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MR. JUSTICE

MARKANDEY

KATJU

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE

MARKANDEY KATJU

FORMER JUDGE

(DOB 20.09.1946)

TERM OF OFFICE:10.04.2006 TO19.09.2011

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CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN

LEGAL SYSTEM

J.Katju started hs !a" #ra$t$e at the %!!aha&ad 'h *urt + 19,0-

91 s#e$a!+ + /a&*ur /a" Taat*+ a+d rt 3ett*+s. 'e has

"*red as 5ta+d+ *u+se! +$*7e Ta De#art7e+t. 'e "as

e!e8ated t* the Be+$h * %!!aha&ad 'h *urt + 1991.

's $*urtr**7 "as *+e * the astest + the 5u#re7e *urt ds#*s+

* 100-#!us 7atters + a "ee.

J.Katju s a 8*ra$*us reader a+d a #r*#aat*r * +at*+a! u+t: a+d

reed*7. 'e has *te+ ;u*ted r*7 the Bha"at Gta


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%s he Just$e * Madras 'h *urt he a8e a !a+d7ar jud7e+t Rama

Muthuramalingam v. Dy.S.P, AIR 2005 Madras 1, *+ the $*+sttut*+a!

;uest*+ * +ter se re!at*+sh# &et"ee+ the Jud$ar: the /es!ature a+d the

Ee$ut8e + "h$h 's /*rdsh# e7#hased *+ jud$a! restra+t a+d the

7#r*#ret: * the jud$ar: e+$r*a$h+ *+t* the !es!at8e *r ee$ut8e

d*7a+. 's s#ee$h at the rst a++8ersar: * the Madura Be+$h * the

Madras 'h *urt + "h$h he sad that the #e*#!e ha8e a rht t* $rt$e

the jud$ar: as the #e*#!e "ere su#re7e + a de7*$ra$: a+d a!! auth*rtes

+$!ud+ Judes "ere ser8a+ts * the #e*#!e "as ha!ed &: Mr. Fa!

>ar7a+ the d*:e+ * the &ar + a $e+tre s#read art$!e + ?+da+ E#ress=.

#n the case o Md Sukur Ali Vs State of Assam, a di!ision Bench o$at%u and Justice &ishra ruled that criminal deendants ha!e a right

to counsel. 'Article () *hich guarantees protection o lie and

personal liberty is the most important o all the Fundamental +ights

guaranteed by the constitution,' the ape court bench said. -hey

urther obser!ed that, '#n the absence o a counsel, or *hate!erreasons, the case should not be decided orth*ith against the

accused but in such a situation the court should appoint a counsel

*ho is practising on the criminal side as amicus curiae and decide

the case ater iing another date and hearing him,' -his %udgment

recei!ed both national and international recognition


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#n D Velusamy !s D atchaiammal, deli!ered on () ctober (/)/, relatingto the maintenance o a *oman in a li!e"in relationship, *as the irst time

the ape court laid the legal rame*ork or recogni0ing a *oman1s rights in a

li!e"in relationship.

$at%u issued notices to the Centre and state go!ernments directing

them to ile compliance reports on steps taken to rehabilitate se*orkers in the case o #udhade! $armaskar !s State of %est#engal. -he accused had brutally murdered a se *orker and claimedleniency in his petition in the Supreme Court, citing the !ictim1s

proession. -he court dismissed the petition, stating that 'prostitutes

ha!e a right to li!e *ith dignity under Article () o the Constitution o#ndia.' -he court urther obser!ed that '-his is a case o brutal

murder o a se *orker. Se *orkers are human beings and no one has

a right to assault or murder them.

His obser!ations on the #inayak Sen&s trial at 'hhattisgarh*ere*idely appreciated. n April )2, he said, &ere membership o a

banned organisation does not make a person terrorist or a criminal.3

$at%u granted bail to the alleged maoist sympathiser the ollo*ing

day. A *in or many human rights acti!ists in #ndia and abroad.

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