(L-R) The Hindu CEO L V Navaneeth, Founder and Chancellor of VIT G Viswanathan, Supreme Court Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, The Hindu Director N . Ram, Vice President of VIT G V Selvam and The Hindu Editor in chief Suresh Nambath during The Hindu Justice Unplugged 2026 in New Delhi on February 28, 2026.
| Photo Credit: Photo R V Moorthy
The guests at the inaugural included Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge, Supreme Court; Abhishek Manu Singhvi, senior advocate and G. Viswanathan, founder and chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT).
“We are in a country where we do not allow the provisions of the Constitution to influence our personal behaviour,” said S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and now a senior advocate of the Supreme Court.
“The mob is not something that should inform a judgment,” Senior Advocate Karuna Nundy said talking about constitutional morality, cautioning that majoritarian sentiment cannot override constitutional guarantees.
More than two years after a sign language interpreter assisted a hearing impaired lawyer during Supreme Court proceedings for the first time, accessibility in courtrooms remains inconsistent and difficult to secure, say Advocate-on-Record Sanchita Ain and advocate Sarah Sunny while talking about accessibility in courts.
Published – March 01, 2026 01:12 am IST
