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The Union and the state governments are yet to move on this.

The bench of justices RF Nariman and Indu Malhotra sought an action plan from the centre and state governments within two months. It pointed out that some criminal appeals have been pending for 16-20 years, resulting in a large number of people “languishing in jail”.

“This is absolutely shocking. I’m personally very shocked. There are so many ad-hoc judges in the pipeline…judges who have retired at 62…Use them”, justice Nariman told additional solicitor general Pinky Anand. with the Congress to drinking poison, but the CM said he teared up not because of pressure from the Congress but because he is an “emotional man” and was speaking to his “family of party workers” at a time when sections of media and society “are consistently working against my government.” He did seem to suggest that there were ways the relationship between the two partners could be improved. Siddaramaiah, as chairman of the co-ordination committee, could advise him directly, instead of writing letters to the government and then releasing them to the media. But he expressed confidence that the coalition government in the state would last its full five-year term. The partners, he added, would contest the upcoming parliamentary polls together and were confident of winning a “minimum of 20-25 seats.” Karnataka has 28 seats in the Lok Sabha.

Rebutting Union minister Arun Jaitley’s blog post (following the Karnataka CM’S breakdown over the weekend) on how only a strong Bjp-led government could ensure continuity in the development story of India, Kumaraswamy said that actually it was coalition governments at the Centre which had done a “marvellous job”.

He called on all opposition parties to come together, set apart their personal issues in the interest of the country, and said this is the only way to defeat the BJP.