Brejender Batra

[Manoj Kumar Jha @manojkjhadu]

https://t.co/0dPCUQPBp4

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

#WATCH: Five judges are set to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India. Two among them have superseded judges senior to them. One such judge is Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, G.S. Sandhawalia—an honest, upright judge of unimpeachable integrity. No one pushed for his, or Justice Atul Sreedharan’s elevation within the Collegium.

The CONSISTENT failure to bring fiercely independent and upright judges to the country’s highest constitutional court is becoming one of the GRAVEST failures of the Collegium. Equally troubling, if not more, is the complete SILENCE of the political opposition on these questions. One cannot remain indifferent during appointments and then suddenly discover outrage only after controversial judgments like SIR are delivered.

The judicial institution has been weakened not overnight but through steady erosion. Silence, compromise, opacity, selective courage, and the complete normalisation of mediocrity over brilliance and integrity.

Unfortunately, if this trajectory continues unchecked for a few more years, there will eventually come a point where large sections of people begin LOSING all faith in the very legitimacy of this system itself. And it already appears to have begun.

Courts survive because people continue to believe that justice, fairness, and constitutional morality still meaningfully reside within them. The day that belief collapses—complete chaos. It is something all of us need to think urgently about before it becomes too late.

With @ambujlokhit — https://t.co/x8TZWSxjTs

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

I did not to go to the Supreme Court today to hear its order in the SIR case.
As a litigant in this case, and as someone who was given the honour of addressing the court, I should have been hopeful, anxious, or at least curious. I was not. The case was decided long ago. We were only waiting for the transcript and its fine print.

The course of this case was settled in August last year. Having heard arguments against SIR for three days, the court moved away from examining the constitutionality of SIR and effectively converted itself into a Consumer Forum, focused on grievance redressal and arbitration, rather than constitutional principles.

The case was effectively decided when the apex court allowed the ECI to rush through the Bihar elections without first deciding the matter, and without requiring the ECI to rectify even the most glaring defects in post-SIR rolls.

There was little left of this case once the ECI proceeded with the second and then the third phase of SIR, while the Hon’ble Court leisurely heard arguments about its constitutionality. SIR had become a fait accompli. Any remaining doubt disappeared when the Hon’ble judges observed in open court that no one would be allowed to obstruct SIR.

The final nail in the coffin of this petition was hammered during the hearing of another petition before the same Bench, when an Hon’ble judge remarked that millions denied their right to vote need not fret, since they could vote in the next election. At that moment, the court abdicated its constitutional responsibility.

Shorn of legalese, the simple truth is that the highest court of a constitutional democracy has already authorised the disenfranchisement of millions of citizens — at least 59 million so far, could go up eventually to 100 million.

It was inconceivable that the court would now declare SIR unconstitutional and annul all post-SIR elections. The lawyers were waiting for the the exact legal reasoning deployed to arrive at a conclusion that was already known. Such legal gymnastics did not interest me. Some friends were looking for some crumbs in the hope that the court might at least wish to save face, if not save the voters. Eventually that too did not happen. Polite noises apart, the Court has handed over a carteblac to the ECI to do what it pleases with the voters list.

ADR vs Union of India (2026) is to our times what ADM Jabalpur vs Shivkant
Shukla (1976) was to the previous assault on our democracy. We must hope that the SIR judgment does not mark the crumbling of the last constitutional wall, as ADM Jabalpur once did. We must believe that one day this constitutional abdication by the guardian of the Constitution will be recognised for what it was. And reversed.

Jai Hind!

[Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह @umashankarsingh]

This is India's ‘FREE PRESS’ !

He's an anchor on Doordarshan, a central government TV channel. He's always spewing venom. When a child questioned the flaws in the CBSE exam testing, this national channel anchor @AshokShrivasta6 labeled him a P@kistani child. Imagine the mental trauma the child and his entire family must have suffered!

This is a serious crime. It's online bullying. If it were any other country, he would be in jail for violating child rights. But the @narendramodi government won't take action against this anchor. If they do, we'll let you know.

This is PRESS FREEDOM here… you can FREELY commit any crime while sitting in the government's lap.

Thank you

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

एक तरफ़ मोदी जी आठ हज़ार करोड़ के हवाई जहाज़ में, देश के सैकड़ो हज़ार करोड़ रुपया उड़ाकर, विदेशी यात्रा कर रहे हैं, और मैलोनी को मैलोडी चॉकलेट खिला रहे हैं, दूसरी तरफ़ हमारे देश की बच्चियां बूँद बूँद पानी के लिए तरस रही हैं!

[Yashovardhan Jha Azad @yashoazad]

Even if one parent is IFS, IPS or IAS, reservation should be withdrawn from children. So many others deserve it. Happy Supreme Court raised it

[Dibang @dibang]

'बकवास है.' ‘हवाई बातें हैं.’ 'इसमें बहुत समय लगेगा.' 'ये विकास विरोधी बातें हैं.' दशकों से पर्यावरणविदों, सूखती नदियों और झीलों का मानचित्रण करने वाले जानकारों और जलवायु और खनन पर लिखने वाले पत्रकारों की चेतावनियों पर लोगों की ये प्रतिक्रियाएं रही है.

विकास के नाम पर विनाश होता रहा. पहाड़ों, जंगलों और पेड़ों की अंधाधुंध कटाई से natural balance बिगड़ता रहा. ये विनाश सीधे तौर पर तापमान बढ़ाने, बादल फटने और flash-floods, भूस्खलन और जलवायु परिवर्तन का कारण बनता रहा.

आज, देखिए हम कहाँ पहुँच गये हैंः दुनिया का सबसे गर्म देश है भारत, दुनिया के सबसे गर्म 100 शहरों में 95 भारत में हैं.

👉🏾 मानव जीवन और वन्यजीवों का अस्तित्व खतरे में है लेकिन क्या हम इस बारे में कुछ करेंगे? क्या नेताजी लोग इस पर कुछ बोलेंगे? क्या ये कभी चुनावी मुद्दा बनेगा?
जैसे हालात हैं, खुदाई से खाना क्या है तक के मुद्दे हैं, उ���से लगता है अभी मुश्किल है.

आपकी क्या राय है?

दरमदिन, #Sikkim से ये ट्वीट कर रहा हूँ तापमान है 15°C, AQI 28

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

#READ this distressing column written by widely respected economist Surjit Bhalla. The economy is in GRAVE DANGER!

The BJP may be winning elections, and we are very close to a one-party rule. BUT, as Bhalla here points out, "the deeper danger of overwhelming political success is that it can encourage the belief that policy is already good enough. It is not." He even calls upon us to "dispense with the moniker of the fastest-growing major economy" for reasons he explains here.

To those thinking India can command, eat the humble pie here: "The new mindset believes India can, and should, dictate terms to the foreign investor; that investors are “dying” to enter the “large” Indian market. To put that market in perspective: India’s GDP in 2025 was smaller than that of the state of California."

The alarm bells have been ringing for a while, but the government is failing to course-correct. As a result, it has produced a very fragile economy. Tougher, more dangerous days ahead for the Indian economy!

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Madam Chief Minister @gupta_rekha, you won applause from me and other motor car owners when you went to the Supreme Court and won relaxation of the absurd and irrational 15 year retirement rule for petrol motor cars.

https://t.co/MCJrZYcROk

The court agreed that enforcement of a stringent PUC test is what is needed rather than the eco -unfriendly scrapping of cars that have plenty of serviceable life left in them and the consequent (and often unaffordable) purchase of a new car.

But more than a year later, your government and RTO have yet to implement this! My Sept 2011 Hindustan Motors Ambassador has its registration up to Sept 2026 and the RTO refuses to re-register it beyond that. “Ji haan, Court ka aadesh to aaya parantu aadarneeya CM Madam ke yahan se koi notification nahin jaari kiya gaya hai”.l, I was told.

Please follow through on your own promise, Madam CM! It is not enough to merely relax the norms on NOCs to enable Dilliwallas to re-register a 15 year old vehicle in another state. We need to be able to re-register these PUC-compliant motor cars — to which we are deeply attached — in Delhi itself. @drpankajbjp

[Manoj Kumar Jha @manojkjhadu]

What an insightful piece by @AshokLavasa ji
Jai Hind

[Brejender Batra @BrejenderB]

The name of his lordship will be written in black words in history of SCI. In particular, his remark that voters whose names are deleted may “vote in the next election”. Right to vote is not merely a procedural formality but the very foundation of democracy. Democracy murdered 🥲

[Dibang @dibang]

पूरा ज़रूर पढ़ें:
"समाज में पहले से ही ऐसे #parasites मौजूद हैं जो व्यवस्था ��र हमला करते हैं... #Cockroaches की तरह युवा हैं जिनको न तो रोजगार मिलता है और न ही पेशे में कोई जगह. उनमें से कुछ मीडिया में चले जाते हैं, कुछ सोशल मीडिया में, कुछ RTI activist बन जाते हैं, कुछ अन्य activist बन जाते हैं और फिर वो सब पर हमला करना शुरू कर देते हैं." सुप्रीम कोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस सूर्यकांत का बयान.
मिलार्ड, युवाओं से इतनी नाराज़गी क्यों? युवाओं के मुकाबले ज्यादा उम्रवालों ने देश का ज्यादा बंटाधार किया है.
बेत���ाशा बढ़ते भ्रष्टाचार, लोकतान्त्रिक मूल्यों के पतन, चुनाव आयोग को पंगु बनाने में युवा कहाँ?
बड़े पैमाने टैक्स चोरी, बड़े-बड़े बैंक घोटालों, सरकारी पैसे के गबन, रिश्वत ले��े, कंपनी के पैसों की हेराफेरी में युवा कहाँ?
न्याय व्यवस्था की गिरती साख और पुलिस के बढ़ते अत्याचार का जिम्मेदार युवा कहाँ?
हज़ूर ने #Media को भी cockroach बना दिया. 2026 विश्व प्रेस स्वतंत्रता सूचकांक में भारत 180 देशों में से 157वें स्थान पर है. 2025 के मुकाबले छह पायदान नीचे, हालात को रिपोर्ट में 'बहुत गंभीर' बताया गया है. मीडिया का दमन करते और मज़बूर करते लोगों पर मिलार्ड के कानून का चाबुक क्यों नहीं चलता? World Press Freedom Index तैयार करनेवाले संगठन Reporters Without Borders ने कहा है कि "भारत में स्वतंत्र मीडिया का न्यायिक harassment बढ़ रहा है, जिसका मुख्य कारण आपराधिक कानूनों - मानहानि और राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा कानूनों - का बढ़ता उपयोग है, जो सीधे पत्रकारों को निशाना बनाते हैं." हज़ूर मीडिया क��� संरक्षण दें. कई पीढ़ियों तक हज़ूर की जय जयकार होगी.

अभी बस एक बात और, मिलार्ड का ओहदा इतना ऊंचा पर बोल इतने मंदे, उम्मीद है इस पर आप जल्द कुछ सफाई देंगे.

[Manoj Kumar Jha @manojkjhadu]

https://t.co/sgfEvMjVmV

[Brejender Batra @BrejenderB]

@urbancompany_UC Your so called experts are unscrupulous and are cheating people. Recently I had to shell out Rs 8000/ when they were supposed to merely service 3 split ACs in the name of gas filling / change of small part etc.