'Colonial mindset': Supreme Court schools bureaucrats for mistreating sarpanches, discriminating against women
Supreme Court has strongly criticised the ongoing tendency among bureaucrats to override the authority of elected representatives, particularly women, in grassroots democratic institutions such as panchayats.
In a significant ruling, the top court said that administrative officials must actively support and promote women's participation and leadership in governance, rather than suppressing them with a colonial mindset.
A bench led by Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan voiced concern over the recurring pattern of bureaucratic interference, where elected women representatives are often subjected to unfair treatment.
The bench observed that administrative authorities sometimes collude with panchayat members to exact vengeance against female sarpanches, undermining their autonomy.
The Court’s remarks followed its intervention in the case of Sonam Lakra, a woman sarpanch from Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.
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