Is the Indian legal system structured in a way that it marginalises a sizeable section of the population and favours the rich? A High Court chief justice sparks a debate.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the Ministry of Mines mentioned application before the three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by CJI NV Ramana.
Supreme Court e-committee chairperson Justice D.Y. Chandrachud virtually inaugurated the event in the presence of Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.
The Orissa High Court has recently dismissed a PIL saying it was mischievous and filed with oblique motives. The division bench of Justice Jaswant Singh and Justice S.K. Panigrahi passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Ashirbad Pattnaik and others.
The Orissa High Court has recently held that the ability to provide redress to victims of state and police excesses is what makes the role of the Odisha Human Rights Commission and other human rights bodies in general, significant.