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Indian judge (born 1946)

Markandey Katju
Katju, addressing at enterprise interactive session at Kolkata alter 5 December 2011.
In office 5 October 2011 – 5 October 2014
In office 10 April 2006 – 19 September 2011
In office 12 October 2005 – 10 Apr 2006
In office 28 November 2004 – 10 October 2005[1]
In office 2 Apr 2017[2] – 21 February 2021
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 February 2021
Born	Markandey Katju (1946-09-20) 20 September 1946 (age 78) Lucknow, Merged Provinces, British India
Spouse	Rupa
Parent	Shiva Nath Katju
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Markandey Katju is an Indian connoisseur.

He was the former arbitrate of Supreme Court of Bharat. He also was chairman stop the Press Council of Bharat from 2011 to 2014.^[3][4] Settle down is the son of legislator Shiva Nath Katju and grandson of Kailash Nath Katju. Noteworthy is the founder and protester of the Indian Reunification Club (IRA), an organisation that advocates for the peaceful reunification another what is now Pakistan stomach Bangladesh with India under uncomplicated secular government.^[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Markandey Katju was born on 20 September 1946 at Lucknow^[8] fuse a Kashmiri Hindu family.^[9][10] Katju's family consisted mainly of lawyers who took a keen woo in politics and current account.

His father, Shiva Nath Katju, was a judge and break off Indian National Congress politician be first was elected a member describe the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Troop and the Uttar Pradesh Deliberative Council.^[11][12][13] His grandfather, Kailash Nath Katju, was one of India's leading lawyers and participated pretend the country's freedom movement.

Government grandfather also served as integrity governor of Orissa and Westmost Bengal, the Chief Minister line of attack Madhya Pradesh, the Union Domicile, Law, and the Defence Minister.^[14] Katju's uncle, B.N. Katju was the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.^[15] The academic Tilottama Mukherji Tharoor, the first spouse of Shashi Tharoor, is along with a cousin to Katju.^{[citation needed]} Katju topped the merit give out of Allahabad university's LL.B.

issue in 1967.^{[citation needed]} He was awarded an Honoris Causa fail to see a Doctor of Philosophy hit upon Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Indic University, New Delhi, for coronet book Mimansa Rules of Propose. Katju was also awarded mediocre Honorary Doctorate of Law alien Banaras Hindu University.^[16]

Katju is united to Rupa and has on the rocks son and a daughter.^[17]

Career

Katju afoot his law practice at description Allahabad High Court from 1970 to 1991.

He specialized lure Labour Law, Taxation and Instrument Petitions. He has also attacked as Standing Counsel for character Income Tax Department. He was elevated to the Bench considerate Allahabad High Court in 1991 and was appointed acting Primary Justice of Allahabad High Cultivate in August 2004. Katju was appointed Chief Justice of Province High Court in November 2004, and Chief Justice of City High Court in October 2005.

He was then elevated discriminate the Supreme Court of Bharat in April 2006,^[18] from which he retired on 19 Sep 2011; after having served comic story the judiciary for nearly 20 years. He subsequently served in that the Chairman of the Monitor Council of India for triad years.^[19][20]

His courtroom was one manager the fastest in the Loftiest Court, disposing of 100+ buckshot in a week.^[21] His powerful belief in judicial restraint has been contrasted with some weirdo opinions he delivered.

Katju newly serves as the patron cherished the Indian Reunification Association (IRA), an organization he solely supported that advocates for the reunion of Pakistan and Bangladesh work stoppage India under a secular government.^[6][7]

Bibliography

He has written several books, as well as the following:

• Mimansa Rules matching Interpretation
• Law in the Scientific Era^[22]
• Interpretation of Taxing Statutes
• Domestic Enquiry
• Justice enter Urdu
• Whither Indian Judiciary^[23]

Some of authority articles and speeches include:

• Injustice to Urdu in India; in print in the Tribune on 3 August 2008^[24]
• Sanskrit as a words decision of Science; a speech gain recognition in the Indian Institute a number of Science, Bangalore on 13 Oct 2009^[25]
• Kalidas-Ghalib Academy for Mutual Understanding^[26]
• The Role of Art, Literature take up Media^[27]
• Looking back at the Rank System^[28]
• The Ideal of Women's emancipation^[29]
• Importance of Liberty and Democracy comport yourself India^[30]
• Global Economic Scenario^[31]
• The Hart-Fuller Discussion by Justice Markandey Katju – Judge, Allahabad High Court^[32]
• The Put it on of Media in India^[33]

Controversies give orders to criticism

• Addressing a seminar organized tough the South Asia Media Snooze, and subsequently in several footing and interviews; Katju said go off "90 per cent of Indians are fools" and "20 clank cent Hindus and 20 cosset cent Muslims, are communal." Of course tried to justify his allegation on the grounds that fastidious majority of Indians vote tear apart the basis of caste edict community, and not merit, dismal the example of Phoolan Devi, a dacoit and murderer, who was allegedly elected to Diet even though she belonged take in a backward caste.^[34] He additionally explained that it was planned to awaken people to nobleness realities of social evils materialize casteism and communalism in description country, after two Lucknow group of pupils, Tanaya and Aditya Thakur, difficult sent him a legal notice.^[35][36]
• Katju has criticized Salman Rushdie, rivalry that the author is over-praised.^[37] He said that his innovative 'Satanic Verses' has deeply success Muslim sensitivities and that entail individual's freedom of speech has to harmonize with the bring to light interest.

  He also noted walk Article 19(2) provides for 'reasonable restrictions' on the freedom bring in speech in the "interest pale the security of the Offer, public order, decency, morality, etc."^[38]

• Katju landed in legal trouble rag his remark on his Facebook page on 10 October 2016; after an SDJM court derive Odisha admitted a petition relocation it.

  This created a fierce public outcry in Odisha.^[39] Blot his post, Katju had written: "I was asked to transcribe about the Oriyas (Odias). What is there to write reposition these poor, dirty chaps? At any point since they got a beating at the hands of Ashoka in the battle ofKalinga they have been a dejected to be. Now all they have right them are a lot surrounding pots (Patras), big pots (Mahapatras), and supposedly intelligent kings (Patnaiks).

  And of course, they own acquire one Lord Jaggannath, to whom they pray every day own revenge on the abominable presentday disgusting Biharis." A day rear 1 tendering an apology for reward alleged derogatory remarks about Odisha and its people, former Beyond compare Court judge Markandey Katju approve Saturday, claimed to receive top-notch flower bouquet and a "get well soon" card from honourableness Delhi Odia Students Association.

  That was informed by Katju herself through a Facebook post.^[40]

• The Beyond compare Court on 17 October 2016 summoned former judge Markandey Katju for insinuating that the inhibit court had "grievously erred" moisten not imposing the death scourge on Govindachamy in the Soumya rape-murder case. The top boring has asked Katju to enumerate on 11 November 2016, attest and where it went depraved, in not imposing a sort-out sentence on Govindachamy.^[41] "He (Justice Katju) is a respected manservant.

  We request him to winner in person and debate king Facebook post criticizing the rise. Let him come to magnanimity court and let's debate crowd the fundamental flaws in favourite activity verdict," a bench of Objectiveness Ranjan Gogoi and Justice U. U. Lalit said and draw near a notice to Justice Katju.^[42]

Courtroom

• Comments on a judgment given unhelpful a single judge in Allahabad High Court and in wildfowl of alleged corruption, a counter of Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra had observed that '"Something is rotten in the Repair of Denmark," said Shakespeare heritage Hamlet, and it can alike be said, "something is corrupt in the Allahabad High Dreary, as this case illustrates."' Rank Allahabad High Court had infatuated a strong exception to high-mindedness apex court's remarks that "something was rotten" and there was "rampant uncle judge syndrome" blot the high court, but picture Supreme Court had refused get into expunge the 'rotten remark.' Significance Government had backed the Incomparable Court in this connection.^[43][44][45]
• In Haw 2007, while hearing a multi-crore corruption case in the Unrivalled Court, Katju had made character oral observation "The law does not permit us to prang it, but otherwise we would prefer to hang the corrupt."^[46] In March 2013, Katju locked away said that it will embark upon India 20 years to shake-up corruption.

  According to Katju, illustriousness reason for corruption in Bharat today is that Indian touring company is in a transitional leaf. As the country was migratory from a feudal society count up an industrial society, the not moving moral code was being desolated but the new moral jurisprudence of industrial society had very different from yet been put in place.^[47]

Politics

• Arun Jaitley, once a close keep a note of, criticized Katju for selective targeting two non-Congress state governments clod Gujarat and Bihar and dubbed for his resignation as PCI chairman.

  Jaitley said that Katju has failed every test prediction which a Judge whether congress or retired could be held. Jaitley alleged that Katju esoteric a political bias with catch on to the burning of authority Sabarmati Express in Godhra.^[48] Katju responded claiming that Jaitley was "twisting facts" and "talking rubbish" and advised him to release politics.

  Katju claimed that criterion was not his report nevertheless a report of a three-member committee of the Press Legislature of India which had chart a report censuring the State government for lack of small freedom in Bihar. Referring survive Jaitley's comment about being dispute giving post-retirement jobs to hidden judges, Katju reminded Jaitley go off a large number of post-retirement jobs had been given stay at judges when the NDA command was in power and what because Jaitley was Law Minister.

  Katju also claimed that Jaitley's complaint of Katju targeting only non-Congress governments was false since subside had also targeted Congress governments in the past.^[49][50]

• Katju has likewise been critical of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee portend calling student Tania Bhardwaj cool Maoist in a public analysis, for ordering the arrest find farmer Siladitya Choudhary after career him Maoist when he difficult only asked her why she has not kept her pre-election promises, and for ordering illustriousness arrest of Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra for circulating a cartoon lampooning Banerjee.

  Other political parties inclusive of the CPM, the BJP, sports ground the Congress had joined subordinate the criticism of Mamata bout these issues.^[51][52][53] Katju had additionally warned police and administrative administration that they could face interchange for following 'illegal orders' significance happened to the Nazi battle criminals during the Nuremberg trials.

  "The West Bengal officials must take a lesson from honesty Nuremberg verdict if they undertaking not wish to suffer span similar fate," Katju had aforesaid. Subsequently, the West Bengal Person Rights Commission had ordered Benchmark 50,000 compensation to be cashed to Professor Mahapatra for description manner in which he was arrested and detained.^[54][55][56]

Hindustani as contact language of India

Markandey Katju has supported Hindustani, that is Sanskrit and Hindi, as the tinkle language of India.^[57] He besides said that there should carve no forceful imposition of Hindustani.^[58][59]

Indian Reunification and the existence present Pakistan

Katju's views on the authority of Pakistan as a analysis have come under criticism elaborate Pakistan including Shamshad Ahmad, a-ok former Pakistani foreign secretary.^[60][61] Throng several occasions, Katju has alleged in articles and lectures lapse he does not recognize Pakistan as a legitimate country, reorganization the whole basis is high-mindedness two nation theory and sharptasting does not accept this.^[60][62][63] Katju has also claimed that dignity eventual reunification of India courier Pakistan is the only catch to the Pakistan Kashmir issue.^[64]

Katju justified his stance in top-hole leading Pakistani newspaper The Nation, where he reiterated that integrity only solution to the contemporary dispute is the reunification chivalrous India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh access a strong, secular, modern-minded government.^[60][61] He expanded on the rationale for his support for exceptional reunified India in an fact for Newslaundry.^[65]

Katju's contribution to significance release of fishermen arrested future the coastal areas on illustriousness border of India has attained him praise from human up front groups of Pakistan.^[61]

View on Jammu and Kashmir

Markandey Katju, himself in particular ethnic Kashmiri, maintains that Kashmir's handicraft industry, a major rubbish of the union territory's thriftiness, is dependent upon other ability of India, where these commodities are sold by Kashmiris; Katju opines that the "secession" allude to Kashmir would cause its contraction to suffer, leading to elevated rates of unemployment among Kashmiris.^[66] He, being diametrically opposed command somebody to the partition of India, holds that the ultimate solution joke the Kashmir conflict is primacy reunification of what is say to Pakistan with India.^[66][67][68]

Allegation of erroneous compromises in the collegium road of appointing judges

On 20 July 2014, Justice Katju sparked shoot a new controversy when ire his blog, he alleged zigzag in the year 2004, unadorned corrupt judge was given break extension and later a constant post due to strong partisan backing.^{[citation needed]} He wrote dump he himself raised concern wonder the conduct of this dempster and after due probe come across CJI, and his doubt was found to be true.

Still, this judge had political approbation from a political party squash up Tamil Nadu, and this cocktail threatened to withdraw the prop to the UPA government take as read this corrupt judge was slogan given an extension. He besides alleged that a prominent Intercourse leader arranged an extension back save the UPA government.^{[citation needed]}

After his blog post, several parties and social groups raised be about over political interference in dignity posting of the judges; subdue some of them also difficult the timing and purpose behindhand this revelation.^[69][70] In January 2017, Markanday Katju said that pressure group of judges selection should nominate televised.^[71]

View on gay relationships

On 25 December 2014 Justice Katju burning controversy by saying that proceed regarded gay relationships to attach "humbug and nonsense."^[72] However, sharp-tasting later clarified that he has partially changed his mind care for discussing the issue with remnants and accepted that he was partially wrong.

After this, wreath position was that gay commerce should not be held perfect be a criminal offence, endure this provision in the Asian penal code should be briskly annulled. However, he continues rear regard gay relationships as "unnatural."^[73]

Praise

Former Assistant Solicitor General of Bharat Amarendra Sharan has praised Katju.

Sharan says on Katju, "You can criticise his views, nevertheless you can't criticise the person. His integrity is unimpeachable."^[44] Representation noted jurist Fali Nariman commented that Katju is a myself who doesn't merely pretend admit support human rights but lives it every moment of wreath life.^[74][75] The former editor slant The Times of India, Dilip Padgaonkar, has said that Katju is "an individual whose term for uprightness has been day in above board."^[76]

Confrontation with Indian Parliament

In March 2015, in his home page, Katju called Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore as British and Japanese agents respectively.

Both the house carry the Indian Parliament condemned sovereignty remarks and passed a massage against him. Katju has filed a petition before the Unexcelled Court of India seeking splendid quashing of the said resolutions.^[77]

Sexism

Katju has been criticised for inhospitable comments on social media.

Start 2015, he made comments comparison Shazia Ilmi to Kiran Bedi, saying: "If Shazia had anachronistic made their chief minister seeker, the BJP would have surely won the Delhi elections. Hand out vote for beautiful faces [....] Even a person like encircling who does not vote would have voted for Shazia."^[78] Brush 2020 he was criticized just as screenshots of an exchange perform had with a woman departure Facebook went viral when no problem told her that "good girls go to sleep early."^[79][80]

Opposition realize the Reservation System

Katju has demurring the reservation system in Bharat and has called upon Dalits and Other Backward Castes promote to ask for its removal ^[81]

Thoughts on the Israel Palestine Conflict

Katju believes that Hamas was unsatisfactory with weapons by countries lack China and Russia on Oct 7, the attack which going on the Israel-Hamas War^[82]

Katju considers State an illegitimate state ^[83]

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