The power of three against one: that’s how the battle of their lordships, India’s chief justices past and present, has panned out over the ongoing row over the judiciary making their assets public.

The controversy relating to the disclosure of judges’ assets has achieved, for the moment, a happy resolution. A vigorous debate among the public, former judges, leaders of the Bar, Bar Associations, High Court judges and last but not the least the Chief Justice of India

The Prime Minister and the Chief Justice demand more number of courts — in their thousands. This is part of the pathological arrears syndrome. The truth is: more courts, more arrears, more lazy judges, more examples of Parkinson’s Law and Peter Principle. The real cause

The UPA 100 day program includes a road-map for judicial reform. Recently, at the Conference of Chief Justices and Chief Ministers, both the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India talked about the need to ensure speedy justice.

D.V. SHYLENDRA KUMAR Posted online: Saturday , Aug 22, 2009 at 0323 hrs It is a matter of utmost paradox that the chief justice of the most powerful Supreme Court in the world should be expressing apprehension for the safety and security of the judges