One of India’s most respected and powerful institutions, the Supreme Court, is never far away from the news, usually for handing out progressive judgments. But in the past week it has grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. The top court’s credibility took a serious jolt after four of its senior most judges took the […]
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