Sexual harassment charge by a woman coach against Sandip Singh, Haryana Minister and former hockey star, underlines the dark underbelly of Indian sports. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s innocent-until-proven-guilty argument is legally valid but morally fraught. Taking away sports but retaining him as minister is duplicitous. He must be dropped.
Justice Nagarathna’s dissent on note ban balances groupthink. Pity SC has few women judges
Justice B.V. Nagarathna’s brilliant dissent on demonetisation is as significant as former Justice Indu Malhotra’s on the 2018 five-judge Sabarimala case. That these most significant dissenting orders have come from women judges underlines the value of diversity to balance groupthink on the bench. Pity, the bench has so few women.
SC verdict on demonetisation legality good caution on judiciary wading into executive calls
The Supreme Court’s 4-1 verdict holding demonetisation as legal is a good caution on the judiciary wading into executive decisions. Judges are right to underline the importance to avoid getting into the outcomes. Yet, this verdict, six years after the event, is like a wasteful autopsy on a mummified corpse.