Brief remembrance about one of the rarest of the rare Judges of excellence

Justice. J.S Verma

By Justice V.R krishna Iyer

Jagdish Sharan Verma was one of the greatest Chief Justices of India.  He was more than a judge and will be remembered for a hundred great things in which he was involved.  He comes from Madhya Pradesh as a distinguished lawyer was elevated as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh and also of the Rajasthan High Court.  He was responsible for the judicial promotion of a collegium which in my view was an institution of doubtful value.  I like him most not for his collegium judgments but for making a historic and creative contribution on enunciating principles of judicial good behaviour.  Whenever judicial good behaviour was under question the values formulated by J.S. Verma were the hallmark authoritatively ever lay down.  He stood for judicial accountability and headed many Commissions on divergent aspects of judicial conduct and public life.  Beyond his judicial career Justice J.S. Verma’s reports on other dimensions of enquiry where he was chosen to be Chairman makes this great judge one of the finest members of the Indian judiciary.  I have had occasion to meet him quite often and admired him for his integrity fearless and frank opinions and for above all for formulation of what good judicial behaviour should be.  In my humble view Justice Verma excelled most judges who sat on the Supreme Court in being a model judge ever ready to serve public causes whenever required by the Republic of India.  Great J.S. Verma, I salute you though posthumously for your sublime achievements throughout your marvellous career on the Supreme Court Bench.


(V.R krishna Iyer, eminent jurist, is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India)

Same Sex Marriages- An unnatural bizarre operation.

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By V.R Krishna Iyer               

 Man weds woman in response to the sex urge.  This dual sex operation is inevitable if creation into communities and the formation of societies is nature’s objective.  Man is never single but a collective.  This process is rendered possible by Nature creating sex and the operation of male and female sexes.  They unite through appropriating male and female organs and this is matrimony.  The female womb contains the female egg which is fertilized by the male semen.    This fertilization in the womb gives birth to life—a mystery of Nature and grows into a full human being and gives birth to a living being.  This is the natural method of reproduction by the two sexes and makes this operation for a population, from insects, animals, birds and humans organized and developed into society.  The male sex and its opposite the female are conditions absolutely necessary to successful reproduction.  The same sex cannot produce a new being.  So is the biological mission and chemistry of creation.  Nature has invented the sex appeal a powerful appetite and attraction.  Sans sex there is no craze for union, no womb with egg, no semen, no fertilization, no babe, no birth, no parents, no community and no society.  In the absence of these social processes there cannot be social progress.  If humanity is to rise above animal existence and establish a civilization we require rival sexes, rival communities and finally the realization of the spiritual inner man.  The forces of progress have organized the system of marriage so that orderly development may be possible as against sexual violence.  Since 2000, several countries and some other jurisdictions have legalized the same-sex marriage.  It is unnatural though.  Cohabitation is the order of nature although in early Rome same sex-marriages did exist as a scarce exception.

               

In modern cultures same sex marriages are a rarity and the law frowns on that practice.  Two opposite sexes are the rule and deeply rooted in the psychological instinct of humanity and sub-human species.  The same sex is unnatural and hardly merits civilized debate or discuss.  The dual sex of male and female without which reproduction is not possible is the biological methodology of creation of communities and cultures.  A social study of matrimony as spelt out in the website gives us a picture of civilized society.

People marry for many reasons, including: legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious. Marriages can be performed in a secular civil ceremony or in a religious setting. The act of marriage usually creates normative or legal obligations between the individuals involved. Some cultures allow the dissolution of marriage through divorce or annulment. Polygamous marriages may also occur in spite of national laws.

Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community or peers. It is often viewed as a contract. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution irrespective of religious affiliation, in accordance with marriage laws of the jurisdiction.

(V.R Krishna Iyer, eminent jurist, is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India)

Newsletter. March 2013