Thankfully, nothing’s been confirmed. And frankly, the last time I put my finger out in the breeze, there wasn’t much of a flutter from the story, let alone a flurry of protests outside Jantar Mantar — barring, that is, a strong front-page piece in the

The government will seek a national consensus on bringing about judicial reforms, Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Thursday. It would take a couple of months to set the ball rolling.

In Republic, Plato describes the perfect society, with a guardian class protecting the City. But who, it is asked, will “guard the guards?” That is the very question that those calling for judicial accountability ask. India’s higher judiciary, by most accounts the world’s most powerful,

The bill drafted by the law ministry for disclosure of assets by judges has little to do with judicial accountability.

It’s been more than six months since Parliament increased the strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 25 to 30 but the process for appointment of new judges has been held up due to lack of houses for them.