The Dinakaran episode has brought to the surface the vexed problem of the arbitrary and totally unsatisfactory manner of selecting and appointing judges as well as the unresolved problem of dealing with complaints of misconduct and corruption against judges. In this bracing article Prashant Bhushan
The judiciary is the most sublime instrumentality in the country and I have served it for nearly a decade during the best part of my life. This article, written out of reverence for the judicature, has a benign intent meant to arrest its corruption and
A few weeks ago, one of India’s finest judges, Chief Justice A.P. Shah, retired from judicial office at the age of 62.
This is yet another supersession of judges, not in the technical sense but in all other respects. Justice A.P. Shah, who retired from the office of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court a week ago, was one of the finest judges in the country.
The study was conducted through secondary data collection, by a core group at the Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reform. It was conducted over 3-4 months in the last quarter of 2009.