Justice A.S. Oka: the judge known for taking suffering seriously

Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka’s tenure as the Chief Justice at the Karnataka High Court shines bright as an example of judicial activism within the four corners of the law, imbued with a constitutional philosophy, write MOHAMMED AFEEF and BASAWA PRASAD KUNALE, as he gets set to serve at the Supreme Court. —- IT has been 36 years since the legal scholar Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi wrote his seminal article “Taking Suffering Seriously: Social Action Litigation in the Supreme Court of India”, in which he … Continue reading Justice A.S. Oka: the judge known for taking suffering seriously