But the Supreme Court’s experience in the present case shows some of the limitations, and pitfalls, of such intervention. This is particularly challenging for a constitutional and appellate court like the Supreme Court. Closer home, our Supreme Court will have to continue to grapple with the question - “How much is too much?”. Given structural and cultural differences, the Indian Supreme Court is confronted with such politically thorny questions in different forms, and arguably more frequently, than some other constitutional courts across the world. Rishad A Chowdhury is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court and Partner, VerusThe views expressed are personalFirst Published: Jul 28, 2019 18:05 IST

Source: Hindustan Times July 28, 2019 12:33 UTC