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Today the SC directed petitioners in the writ pertaining to shortage of medicines in J&K to approach the High Court instead.
The SC reportedly said “we can’t entertain every case”.
Now let me tell you a little incident about how this hierarchy has fared. (1/10)
The SC reportedly said “we can’t entertain every case”.
Now let me tell you a little incident about how this hierarchy has fared. (1/10)
When I stumbled upon the facts of PM Modi’s murky land allotment in Gujarat (which I filed a PIL about), there’s something else I found.
In 2001 the Gujarat HC had started suo moto proceedings examining the legality of giving subsidized plots to public servants in Guj. (2/10)
In 2001 the Gujarat HC had started suo moto proceedings examining the legality of giving subsidized plots to public servants in Guj. (2/10)
This case dragged on in the HC almost until 2008. Meanwhile another petition was filed on the same issue in the Gujarat HC.
In these intervening years, the Modi government allotted subsidized plots to judicial officers as well as judges of the High Court. (3/10)
In these intervening years, the Modi government allotted subsidized plots to judicial officers as well as judges of the High Court. (3/10)
Therefore when the case came up in the Gujarat HC, 13 judges recused themselves since they had themselves been allotted plots in Gandhinagar by the Gujarat govt.
The case went to & fro between the HC & the SC for almost 5-6 years after that with no resolution. (4/10)
The case went to & fro between the HC & the SC for almost 5-6 years after that with no resolution. (4/10)
In 2017, a Supreme Court bench of Justice Kurien transferred the petition to itself since it observed that there was no way this could be resolved in the Gujarat HC considering the high number of recusals of judges. (5/10)
The case still remains pending.
There’s something very broken about our system. A recusal happens only when there’s a conflict-of-interest or when a judge feels they can’t dispense justice in a specific matter.
It is meant to be an EXCEPTION. (6/10)
There’s something very broken about our system. A recusal happens only when there’s a conflict-of-interest or when a judge feels they can’t dispense justice in a specific matter.
It is meant to be an EXCEPTION. (6/10)
The SC today saw its 2nd recusal in activist Gautam Navlakha’s petition seeking quashing of the FIR in the Bhima Koregaon case.
On the Kashmir issue, the Centre has gotten a whopping 28 days to file its reply in the SC. (7/10)
On the Kashmir issue, the Centre has gotten a whopping 28 days to file its reply in the SC. (7/10)
When the State is dealt with a lenient hand and when petitioners right to timely justice under Article 32 is under threat, we need to wake the hell up & understand that an independent system has gotten very broken.
As the dictum goes - Justice delayed is justice denied. (8/10)
As the dictum goes - Justice delayed is justice denied. (8/10)
The core of democracy rests on the right of citizens to justice. The very essence of freedom rests on the fact that the power vested in courts treats the State at par with an ordinary citizen.
If this pillar breaks, democracy collapses. (9/10)
If this pillar breaks, democracy collapses. (9/10)
This pillar, with all its cracks, managed to sustain over the years.
Today, it’s being chiseled away at rapid speed by the hammers of the govt.
If it falls, it’d be impossible to rebuild it in our lifetimes.
And we’re staring right in the eyes of that possibility. (10/10)
Today, it’s being chiseled away at rapid speed by the hammers of the govt.
If it falls, it’d be impossible to rebuild it in our lifetimes.
And we’re staring right in the eyes of that possibility. (10/10)
