"We do have our Collegium system, which is the worst, but then there is nothing better. I would suggest, and this is for the distant future, that you have a collegium of retired judges," the former judge said.
After Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Assam, Maharashtra on Saturday became the latest state to pass a resolution condemning the BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The unfortunate thing is the ban itself but what is even more unfortunate is the coercive action thereafter - in this case the income tax raids on BBC office," he said.
The plea had alleged that the documentary film by BBC relating to Gujarat violence 2002 implicating PM Narendra Modi is not only reflective of anti-Modi cold propaganda broadcast to tarnish his image alone but also anti-Hinduism propaganda to destroy the social fabric of India.
BBC Documentary Row: The two-part BBC documentary, titled ‘India: The Modi Question’, has been in the news ever since its release. It has been dismissed as a biased