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There are no two opinions about the fact that India's Supreme Court is a house on fire. The press conference by four senior-most judges of apex court against the Chief Justice has brought under a sharper focus the role of incumbent government that has clearly injected politics into higher judiciary, tarnishing the image of India as world's largest democracy.
According to media reports, when reporters asked whether it was related to the case of a lower court judge B. Loya, who died in December 2014 while hearing a high-profile trial, one of the four judges said "yes". The Supreme Court is currently hearing a plea to investigate Loya's death. Loya was hearing an extra-judicial case in which Shah was accused of ordering extra-judicial killings as Gujarat Home Minister in 2002. He is now the member of India's upper house of parliament. He is accused by non-BJP ruled states such as Karnataka and Kerala of introducing militancy to politics. The government in New Delhi, however, is not willing to address anti-Shah complaints. But the judicial crisis is something that may decide his political future. After all, BJP has already "jettisoned" LK Advani, the man who led demolition of Babri Mosque in 1992.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018

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