Latest revelation in Pegasus controversy comes a day before a 2-judge Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana is scheduled to hear a batch of PILs seeking a probe into the matter.
Justice Arun Mishra, who retires from SC after a 6-year tenure, had frequent run-ins with the Bar, including in the recent Prashant Bhushan contempt case.
In 2018, a 3 -judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had overruled a judgment passed by another 3-judge bench of the court in 2014, causing controversy.
On 3 December, Justice Mishra while hearing a case had warned senior lawyer Gopal Shankarnarayanan of contempt & conviction if he did not stop repeating arguments.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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