COVID Has Exposed the Supreme Court's Utter Disregard for the Plight of Ordinary Citizens
COVID Has Exposed the Supreme Court's Utter Disregard for the Plight of Ordinary Citizens In every decade there have been judgments which cast a shadow on its functioning but the pandemic marks the darkest phase in the history of the apex court. The Supreme Court. Photo: Reuters Rights18 hours ago S.A. Bobde, on the occasion of his retirement as chief justice, said that he was leaving the court with mixed feelings. If this was a reference to the last hearing he held, many lawyers who followed its proceedings on both days also had mixed feelings about what transpired. Laypersons like me cannot...