NB: This government misuses the law to keep people in detention indefinitely, delaying the trial so that the guilt or innocence of the accused can never be decided. This is what happened to Fr Stan Swamy, an 84 year old priest who suffered from deafness and Parkinson’s disease, and who died in custody in July 2021. After he died, an official of the Ministry of Information slandered him by repeating charges that had not been proven. This is justice under the BJP/RSS regime: pure cruelty and sadism. The SC’s observations reported below show that some members of the highest Bench are aware of what is going on. Let us see what the government does. DS
While hearing a a plea filed by activist Gautam Navlakha that he be placed under house arrest, the Supreme Court on Wednesday alluded to a recent incident in Telangana, saying that it was the corrupt who were destroying the country and ‘getting away with corruption taking the help of money’. The top court’s oral remark came while it was hearing a plea filed by activist Gautam Navlakha that he be placed under house arrest instead of judicial custody in the Elgar Parishad case…