This was done even after the private miners’ argument that cancellation will cause an estimated loss of 4.4 lakh crores and will hit investors’ confidence.Īnd Sahara India Chief Subrata Roy is still wasting away in Tihar Jail for the failure to pay a bail amount of 10,000 crores. In 2014, citing the auction process as illegal and arbitrary, Supreme Court cancelled the licences of 214 coal blocks. Hopefully, this will help to end the discrimination against transgender individuals. It also directed governments, both at the centre and at the states, to recognise them as educationally backward and consider reserving seats for them. In another landmark judgement, the Supreme Court recognised transgender people as the third gender for the first time. The Court said the it reflects a “ Raj mentality.” Now, only high dignitaries holding constitutional posts can use red beacons when on duty while those engaged in emergency duties can use blue or multicolour lights. The Supreme Court banned the open and common usage of red beacons on cars by politicians, bureaucrats and even by private individuals. The following are some judgements from the recent past which left me in awe of our judiciary. With a history and reputation of taking bold decisions, courts are the hope and strength of commoners in the country. Though I had already started feeling frustrated and helpless, it was far less than what one of my relatives had to go through who fought for more than 20 years to finally win his case, or far less than what thousands of other citizens face when their cases go on for years.īut people in India have more trust in the courts than their democratically elected governments. We were left with no option but to fight back. Most absurd was the claim that we had leased our property to said tenant for 100 years. He accused all male members of the family of forcefully extracting rent, harassment and attempts to vandalise his belongings. In a grim voice, he informed me that our 25-year-old tenant had filed a case against us. On a very usual day in office, I got a call from my father. “Justice? You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.”