From Lodha to Ramana: the Chief Justices of the Modi era by A.P. Shah SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/from-lodha-to-ramana-the-chief-justices-of-the-modi-era/article65909662.ece
सुप्रीम कोर्ट और चीफ जस्टिस पर दबाव? From Lodha to Ramana: the Chief Justices of the Modi era https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbB9PTXa_zA Sep 22, 2022 #thehindu #modiexposed #supremecourt #chiefjustice
Since 2014, the executive is once again a single party majority under the Narendra Modi-led BJP government. Consequently, the judiciary’s powers are weaker than before, and the executive is back in control. We see a rise in autocratic tendencies of the executive, through the slow destruction of democratic institutions, the misuse of investigating agencies, communal polarisation, and a gradual chipping away at constitutional protections available to citizens, all of which a weak judiciary is unable or disinclined to tackle.
Justice A.P. Shah: Supreme Court comes across as an intolerant institution DIVYA TRIVEDI Print edition : Sep 11, 2020 https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/the-court-comes-across-as-intolerant/article32426207.ece
Most recently, we have had a series of cases that have highlighted this concern of how the Supreme Court is handling serious issues—whether it is the migrant workers’ situation; the Citizenship (Amendment) Act; preventive detentions; electoral bonds; suppression of protesters’ voices; the use of draconian laws of sedition; the broad interpretation of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act last year in NIA vs. Zahoor Watali , which has effectively denied bail rights to arrestees under the law and given the police and prosecution a free rein. It appears as though the Supreme Court now sees the world only with the executive gaze. And in doing so, it is failing in its duty to protect fundamental rights.
Indeed, many of the more important cases that are being brought before the court are either being avoided outright, with the court looking the other way, or brushed under the carpet.