Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka today responded to the comment made by Sanjeev Sanyal, economist and member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, judiciary was the biggest hurdle to the dream of 'Viksit Bharat'.

Speaking at a lecture titled “Clean Air, Climate Justice and We – Together for a Sustainable Future”, organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association, Justice Oka said that every citizen has the right to offer constructive criticism of the judiciary, but Sanyal's criticism was unconstructive because he did not provide any specific order or orders that, according to him, hindered the country's development.

Without specifically taking the name of Sanyal, Justice Oka said, “ this learned man should have given instances of those judicial orders which,

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