Supreme Court News: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has said that no case is small for the Supreme Court. He made this comment while ordering the release of a person who had been sentenced for a long time in a minor crime. They said, "No case is small for us. If we cannot protect the personal liberty of the citizens, then what are we sitting here doing."
This comment of the Chief Justice is important because On Thursday (December 15) Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju commented on the functioning of the Supreme Court. He had said that the Supreme Court should hear big constitutional matters, not bail matters. On Friday, The Chief Justice said that the Supreme Court is the custodian of the fundamental rights of the people and personal liberty is an important fundamental right.
Chief Justice Chandrachud and Justice while hearing the case of Ikram, a resident of Hapur, who spent more than 7 years in jail for electricity theft PS Narasimha expressed surprise that the lower court and the High Court had made a minor offense a case of murder.
"text-align: justify;">Actually, there were 9 cases of electricity theft on the petitioner. He resorted to the process of plea bargaining (accepting his own guilt for lesser punishment) in the lower court. He was sentenced to 2-2 years in all 9 cases. The trial court did not order them to run together. The High Court also said that the punishment will run one after the other. Means in this way he had to spend 18 years in jail.
