Disturbing Judgement of the Supreme Court!

If any reader thinks that I am using the following words and sentences to describe the distinct nature of the disgusting pronouncements of the two wise judges of the Supreme Court then you are not wrong!

“unfortunate”, “disturbing”, “igniting emotions across the country”, "loose tongue have set the entire country on fire”, "has back up power and make any statement without respect to the law of the land”

It is unimaginable that these repulsive words, causing nausea and revulsion, are used by two honorable judges to make scathing comments on a citizen seeking justice, while declining the same on a plea by the former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma to club all the cases of hate speech filed against her across the country. 

While there is a provision to club all cases together into one, it seems in an oral observation, the vacation Bench said that “if the conscience of the Court is not satisfied, the law can be moulded”.

The public, irrespective of the demographic variables like race, gender, education and age,  

really felt that it can characterize the despicable judgement as “irresponsible”, “unfortunate”, and “disturbing”. The public believes that the judges' observations are currently “igniting emotions across the country”. It is as if the "loose tongue" of the judges "have set the entire country on fire”. It is as though the two judge bench thinks that it "has back up power" of the highest judicial institution of the land to "make any statement without respect to the law of the land”. 

In this context, I am also reminded of this quote attributed to the great philosopher and social critic Bertrand Russell: 

“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”

In this particular case, the learned Supreme Court judges were cocksure and the public were full of doubt about the judgement as well as the caustic and uncharitable observations made by the judges.

The only source of comfort to the public in this difficult situation is also provided by the judges with this comment about themselves: 

“In a democracy everyone has a right to speak. In a democracy grass has right to grow and donkey has the right to eat.”

One of the judges remarked that he had watched the Times Now debate in question. Yet he does not seem to have taken into account the provocative and insulting nature of the earlier comments made by the opposing participant in the debate, to which Nupur Sharma was responding.

The judge also remarked in an outburst: “When you register a FIR against someone then they are arrested but not you. This shows your clout”.  He was probably referring to the arrest of Mohammed Zubair of Alt News. 

However, what the Court has not taken into consideration is the fact that Zubair can safely travel anywhere in the country as there are no threats of assault to him by any groups. However, not so in the case of Sharma, as she has to now travel to different courts across the country, in the midst of several radical and terrorist groups threatening her with brutal and barbaric attacks and baying for her blood. 

Does the Supreme Court judges realize that they will have blood on their hands and will be solely responsible if anything untoward happens to Sharma while she travels to far off places including Delhi, Mumbai, West Bengal, and Assam?