A Judge's Straight Bat Behind Supreme Court's 'Umpire' Swipe In Election Commission Case

His straight drive is making headlines again. When Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Datta used a cricket analogy on Wednesday to question the 2023 law on the process for appointment of Election Commissioners, he was drawing on a game he still plays, with some brisk innings and big hits to his name.Justice Datta, 61 years old and over 6 feet tall, is an imposing figure as the opening batter for the Chief Justice of India XI, the judges' cricket team. He is known not only for keeping fit at that age but for posing a real danger to opponents.Like that straight drive in May when, on his way to a half-century against the Bombay High Court Senior Advocates' team in Guwahati, he struck the ball so hard that the bowler suffered an injury trying to stop it.