Supreme Court and Ordinances

Supreme Court and Ordinances A G Noorani IN the last ten years there have been hardly any judgment of real consequence by the Supreme Court in controlling, not the bureaucrat, but the wielders of power high above the bureaucrat. When Justice P N Bhagwati retired as Chief Justice of India even those who had made it their vocation in recent years to extol his qualities had to concede that when it came to great power timidity was his watchword.