In this week's episode Shekhar Gupta is joined by a luminary of Indian judiciary Harish Salve, former Solicitor General of India and a prominent lawyer. He speaks candidly on various issues like the recent controversy regarding the PM holding the High Court & Supreme Court judges' conference on the Easter weekend hence bringing into question the government's secular nature, while also agreeing to the PM's advice to the judiciary that it shouldn't be influenced by 5 star activists. He also speak at length over the Sahara case and the Vodafone tax case and how certain judgements under the UPA have hurt investor sentiments and hence the economy. He advises that India's judiciary could do well if it detaches itself from the executive and the noise and contrarily the political executive to listen to the noise. To the media he urges to assume responsibility as it is now more a part of governance than ever before.
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