NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 -- Justice B V Nagarathna is making waves! In the first two working days of the Supreme Court in 2023, she gave dissenting judgment, not once but twice in quick succession. In both instances, the judgements were given as a member of a Constitution Bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, V Ramasubramania, A.S. Bopanna and herself; besides, in both cases she was the lone dissenter with the majority view prevailing at 4:1. Not easy to do so!

Justice Nagarathna has, however, been unflinching and undeterred: her views have certainly not gone unnoticed. Both the print and the electronic media ( including the majority pro-establishment ones ) have provided space and given necessary coverage to her views. There ar...