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Supreme Court Discovers Officials Think 'Sovereign Discretion' Means Ghosting Entrepreneurs

12 February 2026 - Supreme Court, New Delhi

Record date
12 Feb 2026
Location
Supreme Court, New Delhi
The odd part

Government departments have been reminded that 'Colonial Sovereign' is no longer a valid LinkedIn job title for modern bureaucrats.

What happened

In a stern lecture, the Supreme Court has asked the bureaucracy to abandon its 'absolute discretion' fetish. The Court noted that officials were treating the disbursement of sanctioned subsidies as a personal favor rather than a legal duty. The Bench observed that 'bureaucratic lethargy' is the national bird of industrial stagnation, especially when entrepreneurs are left waiting years for funds while officials enjoy the 'sovereign' feeling of never replying to emails.