“In 2015 military courts were introduced as a necessary evil for a two-year period. In 2017, military courts were extended for another two-year period, which now expires at the end of March. “The debate stands framed even without discussion on the issue: if you are a patriot, you must be pro all things military, including military courts. Our parliament can engage in a meaningful debate about extension of military courts, by summoning from the defence ministry record of trials conducted by military courts so far and determining through application of mind whether the process in place meets basic standards of fairness. Will the Supreme Court move a notch up from where it left the issue of military courts in 2015?
