On September 2, when a single judge of the Delhi High Court directed a beam of moral searchlight at the Supreme world saw a group of embarrassed brethren trying to ward off the harsh glare.

The ruling of the Delhi High Court in the CPIO versus S.C. Aggarwal case and the open letter by a group of jurists to the Chief Justice of India have brought to focus critical issues of transparency in the judiciary.

India's villages await justice

“The public injury which may be caused by appointment of a Judge lacking in integrity would be infinitely more than the public injury which may result from non-appointment of a competent Judge possessing integrity.”