What infuriates me most about #VaraVaraRao testing positive for Covid is that the courts could have stopped this from happening.

Leaving the vulnerable to die in jail defeats the legal process and presumption of innocence. 1/n

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Had incredibly insightful conversations with Rebecca John, Mihir Desai and Abhinav Sekhri for this piece.

Here's Rebecca John on why the courts have got their whole approach to this situation wrong. 2/n
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And Abhinav Sekhri on how the current approach of the courts ignores not just law. 3/n
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And Rebecca John again, on what this basically comes down to, compassion, and why it makes so little sense to take such an insensitive approach, not just for the Varavara Raos, but even those we don't have sympathy for. 4/n
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