The Supreme Court on Friday termed as unfortunate and rued the new trend of maligning judges by governments if judicial pronouncements are not as per their liking.
The bench, also comprising justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli was miffed over some allegations made against the judiciary in the case.
Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the state government in one of the two appeals, said that he was not pressing that point at all.