SC views mass detentions, internet disruption, metro and rail closures as breach of its order, and has issued contempt notices. Its role cannot end with virtue-signaling. A sentinel of liberties, SC’s majesty rests on ability to secure compliance. Or it risks becoming a grandparent whose warnings are heard, not heeded.
In 2017, Shekhar Gupta started ThePrint with a simple belief: Indian readers want journalism that asks why and what next, not just what. And that enough of them would be willing to pay for good journalism.
Nine years on, that belief has held.
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I don’t think it was a toothless grandfather who rescinded the 2 G telecom licences, priceless coal blocks.