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    The document outlines the agenda for the 3rd National Convention on Judicial Accountability and Reform. The one-day event was to take place on February 6, 2010 at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. The agenda included four sessions on issues of judicial appointments, complaints against judges, and reforming the judiciary's role in public discourse. Key speakers included Justice J.S. Verma, Mr. Shanti Bhushan, Mr. Arun Jaitley, and Mr. Somnath Chatterjee. The convention aimed to discuss solutions for improving the system of judicial appointments and increasing transparency and accountability within the judiciary.

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    The document outlines the agenda for the 3rd National Convention on Judicial Accountability and Reform. The one-day event was to take place on February 6, 2010 at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. The agenda included four sessions on issues of judicial appointments, complaints against judges, and reforming the judiciary's role in public discourse. Key speakers included Justice J.S. Verma, Mr. Shanti Bhushan, Mr. Arun Jaitley, and Mr. Somnath Chatterjee. The convention aimed to discuss solutions for improving the system of judicial appointments and increasing transparency and accountability within the judiciary.

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    The document outlines the agenda for the 3rd National Convention on Judicial Accountability and Reform. The one-day event was to take place on February 6, 2010 at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. The agenda included four sessions on issues of judicial appointments, complaints against judges, and reforming the judiciary's role in public discourse. Key speakers included Justice J.S. Verma, Mr. Shanti Bhushan, Mr. Arun Jaitley, and Mr. Somnath Chatterjee. The convention aimed to discuss solutions for improving the system of judicial appointments and increasing transparency and accountability within the judiciary.

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    Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reform

    3RD NATIONAL CONVENTION ON JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & REFORM Day 1, 6th February 2010 9:30 a.m. 6p.m. Main Auditorium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Teen Murti House, New Delhi AGENDA 9:30am. Registration and Tea

    10a.m. 10:30a.m.

    INAUGURAL SESSION Welcome and Status report on the Campaign

    10:30a.m. 10:50a.m.

    10:50a.m. 11:10a.m.

    11:10a.m. 11:30a.m.

    11:30a.m. 11:45a.m. 11:45a.m. 12p.m.

    Mr. Prashant Bhushan Advovate & Convenor Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reform SESSION 1 : JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS 1 Moderator Mr. Prashant Bhushan An Overview of the problems with the Mr. Anil Divan Senior Advocate current system of Judicial Supreme Court of India Appointments The Justice P.D. Dinakaran Mr. Prashant Bhushan Advocate & Convenor controversy A case study Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reform Seeking Solutions Shaping a Mr. Kanak Tiwari Senior Advocate Judicial Appointments Commission Chhattisgarh for India Open Disucssion TEA BREAK SESSION 2 : JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS II Moderator: Mr. Prashant Bhushan Mr. A.B. Bardhan General Secretary Community Party of India A glimpse of best practices in Judicial Indira Uninayyar Advocate, Appointments in select countries Supreme Court of India To be confirmed

    12p.m. 12:20p.m.

    12:20p.m.-12:40p.m.

    12:40pm. 1p.m.

    Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reform

    1p.m. 1:15p.m. 1:15p.m. 2p.m.

    Open Discussion LUNCH BREAK

    SESSION 3 : COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUDGES AND REMOVAL Moderator: Mr. Prashant Kumar Advocate, SC & Vice President, Law Asia 2p.m. 2:20p.m. Justice J. S. Verma Former, Chief Justice of India 2:20p.m. 2:40p.m. Mr. Shanti Bhushan Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India 2:40pm. 3p.m. Mr. Arun Jaitley Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha 3p.m. 3:15p.m. Open Discussion 3:15p.m. 3:30p.m. TEA BREAK

    SESSION 4 : THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE Moderator: Mr. Manoj Mitta Senior Editor, Times of India 3:30p.m. 3:50p.m. Reforming Contempt of Court Manoj Mitta Senior Editor, Times of India 3:50p.m. 4:10p.m. Right to Information and the Judiciary Arvind Kejriwal RTI Activist, Parivartan 4:10p.m. 4:30p.m. In search for Transparency and Nikhil Dey Accountability in the Judiciary RTI Activist 4:30p.m. 4:50p.m. Mr. Somnath Chatterjee Former Lok Sabha Speaker 5p.m. 6p.m. CONCLUSIONS AND RESOLUTION Moderator: Mr. Prashant Bhushan

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