Justice Shah’s approach mirrors a conflict that remains at the heart of the Indian Constitution and the criminal process. The former framework is built upon ideas of empowering citizens to question exercise of state power, while the other requires citizens to trust and defer to it.
A day before he demitted office, Justice Shah spoke on how heated exchanges in courtrooms are often instigated to achieve an oblique motive, the perception that he was reluctant to grant bail in cases and more.
In the honour of Justice MR Shah, who is set to retire from his position as a Supreme Court judge today, a ceremonial bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud was organised in the Supreme Court. While.