“We still cannot even get information on how this panel was formed...”
Justice AP Shah on the opacity of the Supreme Court which refused to respond to an RTI request on the panel investigating the sexual harassment case against former CJI Gogoi.
At the LC Jain Memorial Lecture
Justice AP Shah on the opacity of the Supreme Court which refused to respond to an RTI request on the panel investigating the sexual harassment case against former CJI Gogoi.
At the LC Jain Memorial Lecture
On the Ayodhya judgement:
“The judgement was unanimous but anonymous.”
(Laughter breaks out)
“The court effectively rewarded the wrong doer... If the mosque had not been demolished, would it have been given to the Hindu parties?”
“The judgement was unanimous but anonymous.”
(Laughter breaks out)
“The court effectively rewarded the wrong doer... If the mosque had not been demolished, would it have been given to the Hindu parties?”
On the five acre land given to Muslims 25 km from Ayodhya:
“This is more of a humiliation... I wish the court had thought of a better solution.”
“This is more of a humiliation... I wish the court had thought of a better solution.”
On the judgement in J&K internet suspension case:
“SC failed to actually decide the matter. The purported reason is that it didn’t have all the orders and the situation was changing daily. This is a tenuous argument. The court could have asked the govt to produce all the orders”
“SC failed to actually decide the matter. The purported reason is that it didn’t have all the orders and the situation was changing daily. This is a tenuous argument. The court could have asked the govt to produce all the orders”
“For more than 150 days, the people of J&K are without proper functioning internet.“
“Kashmir continues to face the longest intentional internet shutdown anywhere in the world.”
“Kashmir continues to face the longest intentional internet shutdown anywhere in the world.”
On the way SC handled Kashmir habeas corpus petitions:
“Instead of entertaining the petition, the court used this to impose restrictions on movement in Kashmir...
In doing so, the court seemed even more executive minded than the executive itself.”
“Instead of entertaining the petition, the court used this to impose restrictions on movement in Kashmir...
In doing so, the court seemed even more executive minded than the executive itself.”
On the Assam NRC:
“Chief Justice Gogoi asked the authorities how many people are in detention centres. They said 900. He was furious. He said there should be thousands.
Coming from a rights court, do you still believe this is a rights court?”
“Chief Justice Gogoi asked the authorities how many people are in detention centres. They said 900. He was furious. He said there should be thousands.
Coming from a rights court, do you still believe this is a rights court?”
Full text of Justice AP Shah’s lecture.
“There are instances where freedoms that we have taken for granted are on unsteady ground, and where we are being made to doubt whether the Supreme Court is actually able to protect our rights at all or not.”
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“There are instances where freedoms that we have taken for granted are on unsteady ground, and where we are being made to doubt whether the Supreme Court is actually able to protect our rights at all or not.”
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