A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde took cognisance instantaneously after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal made a special mention in court, saying the High Court decision would set a “very dangerous precedent” and cripple the intention of POCSO to punish sexual offenders.
The 48-year-old, who underwent angioplasty earlier this month after he was diagnosed with three blocked coronary arteries, felt “dizzy and slight discomfort in the chest” as he was rushed to a private hospital in the Salt Lake area near Kolkata for further diagnosis, a family source said.
The first was an address to the 25th Convocation of the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, where his theme was “Two Obligatory Isms: Why Pluralism and Secularism Are Essential for our Democracy”. The second was an “unscripted interview to Karan Thapar on Rajya Sabha TV on 9 August 2017, which covered all aspects of the work of the Vice-President. Mr. Ansari makes these comments in his latest book