On Wednesday, the Supreme Court granted the release of Arnab Goswami and other co-accused on interim bail in an abetment to suicide case. The high court said there was an error in rejecting the application for grant of interim bail of Goswami, and the high court was not doing enough in matters where personal liberty is denied. If a constitutional court remains blind then “we are traveling on the path of destruction undeniably.”
Justice D Y Chandrachud said, “SC is unhappy that HCs, which are constitutional courts, are not doing enough in matters where personal liberty is denied. If this court were not to interfere today, we are traveling on a path of destruction of personal liberty undeniably….Is this is what out state governments will do to those who have to be nailed….? Don’t watch the channel if you don’t like….Left to myself, I will not watch….If state govt’s target individual in this manner, let’s send out a message that SC is there.”
It was a two-bench hearing. It was chaired by Justice Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee. They made the observations while hearing Goswami’s plea challenging the Bombay HC order.
