When judiciary meets politics

The Supreme Court’s decision to release six people, including four Sri Lankan nationals, serving life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on the advice of the Tamil Nadu government raises disturbing questions about due process. This arbitrariness is even more fraught given how politics clouds the process of the courts. Consider how the ministry of home affairs recently cleared the way for life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. This abdication of the role of the courts to the political executive reflects poorly on the judiciary.

Maitri Chahal Chandigarh