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The Government's Objection to Saurabh Karpal's Name
Saurabh Karpal's name was first recommended in 2018. Justice Bobde and Justice Gogui kept it pending. The government did not do anything for one year. So what was its objection? Not ability or com, returns or anything relevant to the office. But his partner is a Swiss national and that his open about his relationship. Why can't he be open about the relationship?The law allows that. As regards his partner, I must tell you, let one of the foremost judges of the Indian Supreme Court Justice, Vivian Bose, was married to a lady who was a foreign national. So that cannot be a very ground of objection either. Even the others
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