One cannot say that the judiciary has shown the same degree of confidence in standing up to a powerful executive. ADVERTISEMENTHe delivered the annual Sarat Bose Lecture at Netaji Bhawan. The 90-minute address offered an exhaustive analysis of the relationship between the legislature, executive, and judiciary. He had made headlines following his midnight transfer from Delhi High Court to Punjab and Haryana High Court after he ordered Delhi Police to file FIRs against some BJP leaders for hate speeches ahead of the Delhi riots in February 2020. Historian Sugata Bose and political scientist Sumantra Bose — grandsons of Sarat Bose, barrister, freedom fighter and elder brother of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose — hosted the lecture.

Source: The Telegraph January 11, 2026 01:45 UTC