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Judging Language

A new study examining 75 years of constitutional bench verdicts has opened an uncomfortable but necessary conversation: India’s highest court, even while expanding constitutional protections for Dalits, has often spoken in ways that perpetuate the very hierarchies it seeks to dismantle.

Kerala High Court lawyers to boycott Justice A Badharudeen’s court for insulting late lawyer’s wife

The lawyers alleged that Justice Badharudeen insulted Saritha Thomas and even asked, "who is Alex Scaria?" when she sought time to file a vakalatnama in her name. Alex Scaria passed away on January 7, 2025. The incident occurred on March 6 when advocate Saritha Thomas requested the court to grant her some more time to change the vakalatnama, as her husband had passed away in January this year.