The law has begun to matter the least

It would be trite to say: "We live in interesting times." Perhaps a more appropriate thing to say would be: "We live in an era of lawlessness." One is not speaking about khap panchayats, or Maoist insurgency here, but about the violence to the rule of law that is rearing its ugly hood. Consider: The ambassador of Italy was placed under arrest by the Supreme Court. The court couched it as a direction to the ambassador not to leave India without permission - equal to impounding a foreign passport.

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