India, Dec. 8 -- The judiciary should be protected from personal attacks and from colouring judges with wrong intentions. In a constitutional democracy, the courts stand as the final sentinel on the qui vive, always alert to protect rights. Judiciary should be free from unwanted colourings, because the faith of the judges should never be allowed to faint. Once that faith weakens, the entire edifice of constitutional governance starts to crumble.
If such colouring is allowed, if every judicial order is casually attributed to political or ideological bias, the trust over the judiciary will fall. Recent public discourse has shown how quickly narratives spread, especially when amplified by party machinery or social media ecosystems.
What then...