The tenure of a chief justice is an index of the functioning of the entire judiciary. Now that Justice NV Ramana has retired, it is time to take a look at his verdicts and judicial administration.
While dismissing the appeal by the NIA against the bail granted to an accused in a case under the UAPA by the Jharkhand High Court Supreme Court bench observed that the way the NIA seems to be going, it looked like it would have a problem with even a person reading a newspaper.
Karnataka High Court bench dismissed the plea stating that the term ‘whoever’ used in Section 15 of the UAPA includes ‘anyone or everyone’ and there is no specific mention of being associated with any terrorist organization.