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A private member bill named the Facial Recognition Technology (Regulation of Police Powers) Bill, 2023 has been pending since 2023.

The claim that regional benches would diminish the majesty of the Supreme Court rests on the assumption that legitimacy is tied to physical centralisation.

While National Lok Adalats efficiently clear traffic challans, the centralised digital “token” system undermines territorial jurisdiction and invites forum‑shopping.

Parliament cannot simply reintroduce a provision or overrule a judgment without addressing its underlying reasoning.

These directives are emblematic of a governance posture that presumes citizens must be fully visible to the State, while the State remains opaque to the citizen.

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court moved from evidentiary uncertainty to doctrinal certainty without examining the underlying assumption that caste ceases with conversion.

The furious political opposition it has produced is the greatest possible justification for why such titles should never have been used at the outset.

The Indian model offers a blueprint for other developing nations striving to ensure that patents serve people, not profits.

Not every dispute is suited for mediation and the system must retain the ability to distinguish between cases that can be settled and those that must be adjudicated.

The perception remains that “gharelu mamlas” (household matters) can be “resolved” rather than adjudicated.