Gujarat High Court issued notice to the state on a 48-year-old man's petition to quash an FIR for burning a police jeep in 2023. He claims high-degree bipolar disorder made him perceive himself as Batman during the act. Next hearing on December 16.
“Whether with divine or bovine intervention or any other kind of intervention, if a judge delivers a judgment, he is violating his oath to the Constitution," said Justice
This move follows the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium, which proposed Justice Singh's repatriation to his parent High Court, Allahabad, in November 2024.
Baharul Islam is a must-read chapter when it comes to a discussion about ruling parties picking former judges for various constitutional posts. He has set a rare example in which a Rajya Sabha MP went on to become a judge in the Supreme Court and then come back as an MP in the upper house.
Sukhraj Singh said Congress came in power with a promise they would take action against culprits of sacrilege and the police firing incident but nothing happened.