‘I am not saying people had lost their faith in the judiciary, but nowadays the situation has gone from bad to worse,’ the West Bengal chief minister said.
Mamata Banerjee said that the current Chief Justice of India, U.U. Lalit, has been able to restore public confidence in the country`s judicial system as evident during the last two months
The top court criticised the subordinate courts for convicting the appellant on the basis of inadequate evidence, and stressed the state's responsibility to provide the accused with competent lawyers and adequate time.