A leading legal expert recently pointed out a few serious drawbacks of the Indian judiciary as per the top 10 breaking news in India in Hindi today. He said that petitioners hiring the highest-paid lawyers easily get a hearing at the court while others hiring lawyers who charge less, struggle to get a hearing. The legal expert specifically mentioned the case of fake civil rights activist, Teesta Setalvad, facing serious charges of falsifying evidence against prime minister Modi in the Gujarat Riots case.

He said that Setalvad’s case was heard by the Supreme Court on a holiday after the Gujarat High Court rejected her bail plea because of the seriousness of the charges and the quality of evidence against her.

A three-judge bench led by justice BR Gavai, which heard the Setalvad case observed that “heavens won’t fall if the interim protection is granted” as per the latest samachar in Hindi. The judges did not consider any provision of the constitution and gave their own personal judgment in the case.

There is very little doubt in anybody’s mind that the judges who granted interim bail to Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Liquor Scam case, had considered the Setalvad case as a precedent and sidelined constitutional provisions.

While allowing a 21-day interim bail to Kejriwal, which is technically a parole, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, one of the two judges of the bench hearing Kejriwal’s bail petition, said “21 days here and there would not make a difference.”

Judges cannot be allowed to make a mockery of law

When judges of the Supreme Court make decisions that are not permissible under the provision of the constitution of India, it is nothing less than a constitutional crisis in the country.

People like Setalvad and Kejriwal, who are facing serious criminal charges with loads of high-quality evidence against them cannot be given parole under the guise of “Interim bail”.

When judges make statements like “heavens won’t fall if the interim protection is granted” or “21 days here and there would not make a difference”, while giving interim bail to people facing serious criminal charges, it is a serious problem.

The union government has taken serious exception to such judicial overreach according to the top 10 breaking news in India in Hindi today.

Why do expensive lawyers get a hearing almost at will?

Most people in high places facing serious criminal charges backed by high quality evidence somehow manage to hire the most expensive lawyers in the country.

Such lawyers manage to skip the long queue of pending cases and get a hearing from the Supreme Court as per top 10 breaking news in India in Hindi today.

As already stated, Setalvad’s petition was heard on a holiday and there are cases handled by such high-flying lawyers that are heard at odd hours.

One such case involving a known criminal facing charges of terrorism backed by quality evidence was heard in the middle of the night. It is another matter that his plea for stay in death row was rejected but why was the court opened in the middle of the night for this terrorist? Will an ordinary citizen who pays a few thousands of rupees to his lawyer as fees, get this benefit? Today the higher judiciary in India is more of a problem than a solution for the country’s criminal justice system.

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