Muralidhar was well known in the Delhi High Court as a judge who delivered “bold” verdicts that took on both government excess and majoritarian forces. He had in the past convicted members of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary in the Hashimpura massacre case of 1987 as well as Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the Delhi anti-Sikh riots of 1984.

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