Is the Chief Justice of India above law? Is the Chief Justice "Supreme" than the Supreme Court? Looks like he is, when he mentioned that he will not hear Ms.Setalvad!
I can not accept the argument that the Judiciary can not be blamed for the widespread delay. By blaming the "computer" which chooses a case, he wants to wash his hands off on the backlogs. Judges criticize defendants in open court but when they are at the receiving end, they taste their own medicine and yell "it's bitter".
He knows that being a Constitutional authority he is not above the Constitution. Such emotional outbursts are not part of his job requirement. Nowhere in the Indian Constitution, is it mentioned that a court can refuse to hear a particular person or restrict the right to speak freely.
He knows India is a democracy and he has to live with someone who dares to criticize him.
He knows that he is paid big bucks not to blame the computer but to initiate a change to the algorithm and to those who wrote and approved it.
He also knows "beyond any reasonable doubt" that if he is not willing to hear Ms.Setalvad, he can step aside and let someone else who can.
Finally the judiciary should wake up and smell the "travesty of justice" done to those who died a violent death.
After all, it exists to avert such travesty!
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