As Centre Seeks to Keep COVID Management Out of Judicial Review, SC Is Set to Examine Its Options
Technical glitches force the Supreme Court to adjourn its hearing to Thursday, but give it more time to decide whether the Centre deserves âgreater play in the jointsâ.
Supreme Court. Photo: PTI
âThe wholesome rule in regard to judicial interference in administrative decisions is that if the Government takes into consideration all relevant factors, eschews from considering irrelevant factors and acts reasonably within the parameters of the law, courts would keep off the sameâ.
On Thursday, when the Supreme Court is set to hear its
Remembering Justice P.B. Sawant: The Last of the Creative Judges
Justice Sawant was a rare judge who had strong political convictions, and yet is remembered for his impartial judgments.
Justice P.B. Sawant. Photo: Twitter/@Devinder Sharma
Law15/Feb/2021
Eminent legal academic, the late S.P. Sathe once described the judges in India as products of a legal education that emphasises what the law is, rather than the process by which it is continuously developed. Law is depicted through rote learning as a body of fixed and immutable rules, rather than something that, in the hands of a creative judiciary, always has evolutionary potential, he had observed. Â