Thoughts on Sonam Wangchuk bail issue: Bail jurisprudence in India is grounded in Article 14 of the Constitution, which guarantees equality before law. Consequently, all individuals seeking bail are bound to follow the legal procedure prescribed by law. No person, irrespective of their perceived social or political stature, can claim a special route to justice by bypassing the hierarchy of courts. Filing directly before the Supreme Court, except in cases of manifest constitutional urgency, undermines both judicial discipline and the principle of equality and clogs the Court’s docket with matters that ought to be addressed first by the competent lower forums.

Having tweeted abt the shoe incident earlier, I am not at all surprised by the (non) reaction of #CJI. His equanimity &calm in diverse tension generating situations has been seen &experienced by most of the #Bar. In a lighter vein, let me recount an anecdote written by the legendary Lord #Denning in one of his books abt a shoe hurled at him which missed him but hit the top tip of his chair since he was sitting a little slumped down. Lord #Denning immly sat up and remarked: “Thank God I am not always an upright judge”. #GavaiJ #SC