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New Delhi: A collective of Supreme Court advocates has condemned the threatening and vilification of a Madhya Pradesh judge for sentencing seven cow vigilantes to life in prison for lynching a cattle transporter, and called for the independence of the judiciary to be upheld.

In a statement issued Wednesday (July 1), the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) ‘unequivocally condemned’ the campaign against Narmadapuram district judge Tabassum Khan, noting that “such conduct strikes at the very foundation of judicial independence and the rule of law”.

“If judges are made to fear personal consequences for decisions........

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