Debate around the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) has often been emotive rather than dispassionate, with the discourse ranging from senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani calling it an “evil absurdity” to attorney general Mukul Rohatgi pointing to judges who habitually turned up late in court as a reason to ditch the existing collegium system to select judges.

The Bombay high court earlier this week restrained the police from arresting AIB members, because their comedy was vulgar but not obscene. What’s the difference? Gautam Bhatia explains…