Our Judges Need To Show Some Backbone And Spine, Particularly In Dealing With Issues Of Personal Liberty: Justice Lokur

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21 Nov 2019 2:01 PM IST

  • Our Judges Need To Show Some Backbone And Spine, Particularly In Dealing With Issues Of Personal Liberty: Justice Lokur

    "A few recent judicial verdicts and administrative decisions seem to suggest that some of our judges need to show some backbone and spine, particularly in dealing with issues of personal liberty — no one can be thrown in jail without any effective remedy, and kept there because of information passed on to the judges in a sealed cover, or because there is no time (except perhaps to copy-paste), or because of misinformation, or because a person is safer in jail."

    Making strong remarks against the recent judicial and administrative decisions of the Supreme Court, Justice Madan Lokur said that Chief Justice of India SA Bobde had assumed office at a time when he will be faced with an "unenviable task" of restoring the "credibility and stature" of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has recently been in the spotlight due to listing of...

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