JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
Heads of civilised citizens are down in shame for being governed by a system where a High Court judge can go to an extent of sending a senior lawyer to mental asylum in CBI custody for allegations of wife-torture which was later termed by the concerned woman to be blown out of proportion. How was it possible for the judge to take self-cognizance of a partic..
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