The former apex court judge launched a frontal attack on the media for having failed to defend democracy and the Constitution as he made a spirited call for protecting whistle-blowers.
The observations were made by a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Aravind Kumar in its verdict on appeals filed by a Delhi-based business enterprises, which challenged two NGT orders where it had slapped fine on the firm, in a suo motu proceedings for polluting the environment, without giving it an opportunity to be heard.
SCBA president and Senior Advocate Dr Adish C Aggarwala has hit out at senior lawyers writing open letters to the Chief Justices of India against alleged infirmities in the listing of cases at the Supreme Court.
The Constitution Day celebrations at the Supreme Court of India today saw the launch of two new initiatives, in an event attended by the President of India Draupadi Murmu and Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.
CJI DY Chandrachud made an appreciative note of the manner in which Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court had intervened to recall the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Minister, K Ponmudi in a corruption case.