Basil Nabi Malik

Judicial redemption

Why not create two parallel power centres in each institution, and champion it as a means of greater efficiency and better management? Updated 30 Nov, 2024 09:46am

Time for action

Is it a ‘judicial package’ or a ‘judicial fix’? Published 06 Oct, 2024 07:42am

Revolutionary change

We seek to upend everything because it’s easier to look forward to something new than look back at something ugly. Updated 27 Jul, 2024 08:14am

Appointing a chief justice

Without declared and established criteria for appointing a chief justice, whispers of manipulation or favouritism may follow. Updated 05 Jul, 2024 09:00am

Waiting to practise

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

No lessons learnt

Difficult questions will have to be asked, no matter how problematic. Updated 03 May, 2024 09:00am

Becoming a judge

Why is a judge’s role considered so onerous? For a number of reasons. Updated 27 Jan, 2024 11:16am

Great expectations

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

No grand plan

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

Constitutional courts: a good idea?

The challenges in creating new courts explicitly for constitutional matters are manifold. Updated 24 Jun, 2023 09:14am

Not a numbers game

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

Inconvenient truths

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

A method to political madness

If everyone indulges in political games, then who’s left doing their portion of the work? Updated 18 Nov, 2022 08:47am

No saviours

Unlike before, the sense of doom and gloom seems to have eclipsed all traditional beacons of hope. Updated 22 Oct, 2022 09:05am

The cost of no criteria

Would controversies have arisen about judges’ appointments if open criteria had been announced? Updated 15 Jul, 2022 08:55am

Live-streaming transparency

It is about the perception of whether justice is indeed being delivered. Updated 28 Apr, 2022 08:36am

Expecting different results…

We should all hope for a better tomorrow when we actually awaken from our slumber... Updated 02 Apr, 2022 08:16am

Implementing the law

The line between ‘implementable’ and ‘wishful thinking’ is a fine one indeed. Published 10 Mar, 2022 08:04am

When night turns into day

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

Clearing the backlog

Thousands of cases are pending in the courts... Published 22 Jan, 2022 07:52am