Justice Sanjay Karol

22 Aug

Judges Are Not Gods, Judging Requires Humility: Justice Sanjay Karol in Supreme Court Farewell Address

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol retired from the apex court bench on Saturday, remarking during his farewell address that judges are not gods and that the act of judging demands deep humility and the ability to look beyond formal legal pleadings to see the human being behind every litigant. Highlighting the ethical dimensions of the judicial role, Justice Karol noted that the Constitution obligates judges not merely to apply the law correctly, but to apply it justly. On his final working day, Justice Karol shared a ceremonial bench with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant,…

28 Mar

Supreme Court Restores Conviction in Minor’s Rape Case; Slams Courts for Identifying Survivors

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court of India on Saturday, March 28, 2026, issued a stern directive to all High Courts and trial courts to strictly maintain the anonymity of sexual assault survivors in judicial records. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh expressed "strong exception" after discovering that the identity of a nine-year-old girl from Himachal Pradesh had been freely disclosed throughout the legal proceedings of her case. The court termed this a "disturbing fact" and a blatant violation of Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalizes the disclosure of a…