Omissions in commissions

Inclusion was given short shrift even within the commissions meant to further it.

The recent Supreme Court decision upholding appointments made by then-and-now Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, to various constitutional commissions turned out to be somewhat of a damp squib. Where the expectation was that the Constitutional Bench of the apex court would provide a precedent-setting ruling, what we got instead was one that skirted the main issue in favour of petty technicalities .