India, Aug. 6 -- NCP (SP) legislator Rohit Pawar on Tuesday raised objections to the appointment of Aarti Sathe, a former spokesperson of the Maharashtra BJP, as a judge of the Bombay high court. Sathe, as justification, stated that she had already resigned from the party while the Maharashtra BJP pointed out that such an appointment had happened during the Congress regime too.

Rohit, in a social media post on Tuesday, pointed out that Sathe was appointed BJP spokesperson on February 2, 2023, and termed her selection to the judiciary as "the gravest blow to democracy". "The appointment of a political figure raises doubts about the entire process of delivery of justice. It also undermines the principle of separation of power ensured by th...