The chilling effect of judges getting threats

Judicial independence protects citizens, not judges' privileges.

Judge Tabassum Khan convicted 14 men for the lynching of Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed in Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh.

Khan received death threats and misogynistic abuse after sentencing, with her religious identity weaponized.

Protesters blocked police vehicles and burned an effigy of the judge.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court intervened suo motu, and police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.