Ex-CJI on Hyderabad encounter: Has rule of law run its course?

Hyderabad | Wednesday | 11th December, 2019

Summary:

Lodha said on Tuesday that while we are celebrating the Human Rights Day, the fact of the matter is that we are struggling to protect human rights. Has the rule of law run its course? What happened to the constitutional rights and procedural safeguards,” asked Lodha while speaking at an event to mark Human Rights Day organised by the International Institute of Human Rights here. Mob mentality“Are we junking due process and justice system? Justice Chandrachud cited the Aarey tree felling incident to establish that deliberative democracy and courts together can lead to the protection of human rights..