Modi government’s Supreme Court submission on how CBI erred to launch a witch hunt in the Hindustan Zinc disinvestment case is an indictment of the investigating agency. It’s indeed a ‘serious miscarriage of justice’ to pursue a non-case two decades on. Not to mention awful signals it sends to privatisation.
SC reinstated former woman judge but 7 years is too long a struggle
The Supreme Court verdict reinstating a former woman judge who resigned following her alleged sexual harassment shows the judiciary too is not free from the vices of arbitrariness in its administrative decisions. The judgement instils confidence in women to fight back when wronged, but does it call for a seven-year-struggle?
PM Modi’s interview came on the eve of UP polls. EC must plug such loopholes
Another stinging attack on dynastic politics by PM Modi is no surprise. But the timing of his 70-minute interview, on the eve of voting in UP, raises serious questions of propriety, particularly because of its spinoff across media. EC needs to plug this loophole to ensure a level playing field.