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Letter to BS: Unfair that Supreme Court judges were denied justice

The arresting of the agitating women lawyers was not done by the order of the SC judges but by the usual police staff

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This refers to the editorial “Justice denied” (May 9). According to the editorial, the judiciary has faltered on transparency and fairness test. I completely disagree with this view. 

This is a procedural matter that is liable to be interpreted liberally and strictly by all judgments of the Supreme Court unanimously. That being the principle of interpretation, one cannot go on picking holes in the procedure all the time. Substantial justice has been done to the complainant by letting her appear before a set of three judges, two of whom were women. Even her complaint about one judge having been chosen earlier,

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