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 Is This Man A Terrorist? https://youtu.be/lZpqdnmyYSk?t=29

Justice Shinde said "If you don't have faith in the system, why approach the court?" https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/bombay-high-court-takes-objection-lawyers-article-criticizing-handling-stan-swamy-bail-case-175185  

(Comment: Do we have any other option? When given the circumstances, the power is with the court, whether we have faith or not, is not an issue.  It is the option given by law, ...Yet we keep hearing many litigants keep saying "that they have full faith in the judiciary", I wondered why.  This only happened with the Lord of yore!)

At the cost of repetition, I don't read news reports because of lack of time. But in this case, there was a discussion. Why come before us if you don't have faith in us? So many matters regarding freedom of speech and expression, which we have heard and allowed. Keep faith in us and in the system. We are here to do justice, unafraid of anyone."

Chaudhry was quick to add, "It is only because we have faith in the court that we come to the court. But sometimes, the court lets down the faith we have in it."  Vehemently defending his junior's actions, Chaudhry said that neither he nor his junior had represented Swamy. And he would continue to write and also seek relief from the court.  "If I am writing articles while arguing the same matter, then I or anyone from my chamber will rightly stand rebuked," he said, adding that the courts can be criticised for their decisions.

In response, Justice Shinde said he was not against freedom of speech and expression, but Swamy's bail plea was sub-judice. Moreover, the advocate may not have represented Father Swamy, but most of the Bhima Koregaon - Elgar Parishad Case matters are on a similar footing.

Comment2 : If the entire case of all the Bhima Koregaon case is on a "similar footing" cant we expect the court to take a holistic view of the matter, when it seems that court after court keep passing judgements in the narrow immediate plea.  

 Work of Hanu Babu:  https://youtube.com/embed/O-jktW26EYg?start=716&end=786

A teachers who has worked for making the University, a safe better inclusive space.  Who has tirelessly worked for marginalised students, 

Has given court cases, worked with lawyers , against discriminatory practices. for examplein DU there was the practice of having two different  kinds of forms one for the general category and one for the SC/ST category.  and there was this practice that ST/ST student could not apply to  DU from outside Delhi. They had to come to Delhi show their certificate and get the borchure.. but other students could do it from anywhere. Babu, worked with the SC/ST welfare non teaching organisation and worked on a legal case, which they won and now the system has changed.  Doing all this agitation, he even took a law degree.  Here is a committed person. 

Also see: https://free-them-all.net/2019/11/29/who-is-hany-babu/ 

Hany Babu: An epitome of intellectual activism https://maktoobmedia.com/2020/08/13/hany-babu-an-epitome-of-intellectual-activism/ Hany Babu, an anti-caste activist and an Associate Professor at the Department of English, at the University of Delhi, is a vocal advocate of Dalit rights and the Reservation Policy.  Wheel-chair bound and 90% disabled

The diversion of seats from the reserved category to general, using cut-off and a cumbersome admission procedure as a tool was exposed by Hany with the data acquired through RTI petitions to colleges.

 http://emeets.lnwr.in/index.php/curated-conversation-compilation/26-resistance/747-converging-struggles-and-diverging-interests-hany-babu