Justice Deepak Gupta, Who Spoke Against Misuse Of Sedition Law And Majoritarianism, Demits Office

Justice Deepak Gupta, who served the Supreme Court as a judge for over three years, had his last working day at the top court on Wednesday.He assumed the office of SC judge on February 15, 2017.The Supreme Court Bar Association gave a "virtual farewell" to Justice Gupta on Wednesday evening on account of the lockdown - a first of the kind event in the SC history where a judge is. The Supreme Court Bar Association gave a "virtual farewell" to Justice Gupta on Wednesday evening on account of the lockdown - a first of the kind event in the SC history where a judge is given farewell via video conferencing. In a speech delivered as part of Justice PD Desai Memorial Lecture at Ahmadabad in September 2019, Justice Gupta said "The last few years have given rise to a number of cases where the law of sedition or creating disharmony have been misused rampantly by the police to arrest and humiliate people who have not committed the crime of sedition as laid down by the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court. In the farewell function, Attorney General, K K Venugopal, referred to the speeches of Justice Gupta and commented "It was a bold statement for a sitting judge to make" Notable judgments Justice Deepak Gupta, sharing bench with Justice M B Lokur, authored the judgment in the Nipun Saxena case, which laid down elaborate guidelines for protecting the privacy and dignity of rape survivors while reporting rape crimes.