Justice is in need of reassurance
India’s reputation as a justice system to be emulated is taking a hit. The World Justice Project’s Rule of Law index 2020 ranked India at 69 wedged between Belarus and Burkina Faso, both practically dictatorships
Supreme Court of India (SC)
In the biting cold of the January 2019 winter, while the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens were raging in Delhi, a four-month-old child of a protesting mother died of pneumonia. Hearing a public interest petition filed by a 12-year-old seeking a ban on children participating in demonstrations (mark the irony!), the Chief Justice, SA Bobde observed: “Can a 4-month old child be taking part in such protests?” That for countless infants born to homeless mothers living on the streets, surviving the elements has always been matter of luck, which possibly escaped the mind of the Chief Justice.