The Supreme Court's judgments in the cases of Zakia Jafri and Nupur Sharma are a study in contrast; one in which observations in court supplanted the main arguments of the petitioner, and the other, where the court proceedings were virtually left out.
"Can the constitutional right to approach courts be treated in so cavalier and revengeful a fashion that the persons seeking justice are put behind bars?"
The former bureaucrats asked the Supreme Court to issue a clarification to the effect that it was not their intention that Teesta Setalvad should face arrest.
In an 'open letter', they also asked the apex court to issue a clarification to the effect that it was not their intention that Setalvad, who was detained a day after the verdict and arrested the next day by the Gujarat police for alleged fabrication of evidence with regard to the riot cases, should face arrest
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