Third Eye: Lady Justice and the debate, monitoring progress on PM projects & a lefthanded compliment

Lady Justice and the DebateThe new statue of ‘Lady Justice’ without the traditional blindfold and holding a copy of the Constitution unveiled by the Supreme Court this week generated much debate online and offline. However, a precedent had already been sent in the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code report, featuring a similar version of Lady Justice, without a blindfold and holding law books instead of scales.Monitoring Progress on PM ProjectsCentre’s Monitoring Group has been recast for NDA 3.0, this time under the chairmanship of agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The last such group, set up in 20192020, was headed by Mansukh Mandaviya and Jitendra Singh. The newlyset up group held its first meeting on Friday and on the agenda was progress on all announcements made by the PM, including budget announcements, projects for which foundation stone was laid by the PM besides expectations of all ministries/ departments.A Left handed ComplimentCountry’s second topmost legal eagle Tushar Mehta does not hold back from conveying his sentiments in a lighter vein. His wit was on display on Thursday when senior advocate Indira Jaising, who often appears in cases against the Centre, assured Mehta that she was in agreement with him pertaining to a case. Taken by surprise, Mehta, on a lighter note, said that he has come to the realization that supporting and opposing Jaising is one and the same. To this, Jaising smilingly retorted: “This is a huge compliment for me, Mr Mehta.”