Has internationalist Lady Justice’s makeover made her a North Indian upper-caste auntie?
Akshat Jain examines the symbolism, politics and legal ramifications of the rushed replacement of the statue of Lady Justice in the Judges’ Library in the Supreme Court of India with a new Nyaya ki Devi.
Akshat Jain is a writer currently living on the Indian subcontinent. His work has been published in Raiot, Newslaundry, Countercurrents and Out of Print, among other places.