Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Common sense over playing to the gallery

Judicial authority stretched too far may result in court rulings treated with greater disregard

When I first went to Britain in the early 1950s, its national anthem, “God Save the Queen”, was always played at the end of commercial film shows. A picture of Queen Elizabeth in uniform on horseback with the Union Jack fluttering behind her dominated the screen, and audiences stood up in deference to Her Majesty. The practice was discontinued by the time I left Britain. Shades of my old friend, Soli Sorabjee saying a decision must be “capable of effective implementation”, the practical British weren’t going to insist on what couldn’t be enforced. They ...

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Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Common sense over playing to the gallery