The Pamphlet

H ave you ever wondered why parents and most other people in Nagaland urge their sons, daughters, brothers and sisters to dream of, work for, and aspire only for one thing- GOVERNMENT JOBS? Well, if you are born and brought up in Nagaland, that wouldn’t be a new thing. ‘Coz that’s part of “normal” now. More often than not, by the time you are about to finish your studies and till a few weeks after it, you get a feeling that you can achieve almost anything in this world, and in most cases, seeking a government job is not in the list. Then you start to meet people- elders, relatives- and your parents start to be more open about what they want you to do, and in no time you find yourself aspiring for government jobs and feeling the same exact thing as the mainstream idea.                 But it’s time we all try and analyse what may have triggered this hereditary chain of aspiration among us Nagas, particularly our parents and elders. Maybe they are not to be fully blamed after all.

Judiciary is that pillar of a democratic country that is empowered to check the wrongs in the functioning of anything in the state. It safeguards the rights of an individual, group or institutions; acts as checks and balance of the democratic set up in the country, and is undeniably a prerequisite for democracy to exist in any place.                 In  India, there is a single and unified judicial system which performs its duty at three levels i.e. National level(Supreme Court), State level(High Courts) and district level(Subordinate courts).                 The Supreme Court, the highest and the final court of appeal in India, was established on 26 th Jan, 1950 with H.J. Kania as the first Chief Justice of India and 7 other judges, and had initially commenced its sitting within a part of the Parliament House itself. Later on in 1958, it was moved to the present day location i.e. Tilak Marg, New Delhi.                 Now, it has 31 judges (one Chief Justice and 30 other j