“When you are tackling a difficult matter, it takes a lot of inner strength to render a judgement. When you deal with a very important person, a very powerful person, to be able to do what you want to do, requires more strength,” then Chief Justice J S Khehar had said of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose at a farewell function for him two years ago. The former Chief Justice was speaking in the context of the conviction of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her political associate Sasikala.
That was just one of the judgments in which the judge

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