The Centre is bulldozing the Constitution and human rights with insolence and impunity never seen before and the courts seem to in a state of systemic passivity when confronted by this blatant misuse of government machinery (literally) to target a particular community. UP, MP, Gujarat, Assam, Tripura and Delhi are in the bulldozer club with more about to join them in the near future where the brute force of the government is brought to bear upon people who are arbitrarily identified as suspects by the ruling dispensation. HCs and the SC should take suo motu notice because the courts' core duty of determining guilt and punishment premised on due process is being rapidly usurped by the state. Not only is guilt being determined outside the courts now, but punishment is being meted out by the government without so much as a by your leave. The justice system for all its limitations and failings still works as a protector of human rights, the esteemed lordships must not allow it to be corroded and dismantled by partisan governments ; the time for a massive judicial pushback is now lest our country slides into autocratic anarchy.
