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Re:Indian Supreme Court orders inquiry into state’s use of P... by cscurmudgeon on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:44PM (#29015730)
The problem is that the SC is also corrupt in India and highly undemocratic.

Even

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/in...

The judiciary acts like the mafia.

  Then, in 1993, it ruled that only sitting judges would be able to appoint new members of the judiciary. It was a coup of sorts. India’s founding

  Over the years, the scale of the problem has become staggering. In 2010, Bhushan’s father, Shanti—who, as the law minister in the government that dethroned Indira Gandhi in 1977, had been a key force in repealing many of her draconian decrees—submitted to the Supreme Court, in a sealed document, the names of eight chief justices who he claimed were “definitely corrupt.” His efforts went no further, though he now faces a contempt case of his own.
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Re:Indian Supreme Court orders inquiry into state’s use of P... by gigglesupstairs on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:52PM (#29018268)
Everything you just said, irrespective of its veracity, is offtopic in this thread. You can/should create a new post if you want to discuss this.
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Re:Indian Supreme Court orders inquiry into state’s use of P... by cscurmudgeon on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @07:33PM (#29020424)
The post is about India's SC. How is discussing its neutrality and corruption make it off topic?

The comment I was replying to was discussing the govt appointing its own committee to investigate itself. My point was the supreme court is even more opaque and corrupt.

It is not democratically controlled, so the SC investigating here is not necessarily better.

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