Nagarathna

Disagreeing with the majority’s opinion, Justice BV Nagarathna said if a minister makes disparaging statements in his official capacity, it can be vicariously attributed to the government.

Justice Nagarathna differed from the majority view, and delivered a dissenting judgment.

Justice Nagarathna stressed: “Why cannot the citizens of this country take a pledge to not vilify others and what kind of pleasures we are deriving by making these speeches”.

A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that Gujarat was not the appropriate government to decide on the remission of the 11 convicted men for the "grotesque and diabolical crime.