I believe in every word which Justice Katju has said about corruption in the Judiciary. Though CJI Lodha is one of the most upright judges that this country has produced, perhaps he also like many other upright judges feels that reputation of the judiciary is more important than a corruption free judiciary.
In my considered opinion the only way to eliminate corruption in the judiciary is to create a Judicial Bureau of Investigation (JBI) directly under the control of the Supreme Court with power to investigate any judge alleged to be corrupt with the power also to tap the phones of such judges. The Supreme Court could create this JBI even by a judicial order.
In many cases as the Federal Court said in 1949 in Justice Shiv Prasad Sinha’s case from Allahabad High Court that a perusal of some orders passed by a judge can by themselves establish that the orders could not have been made due to an honest error and could only be on account of some extraneous consideration and must lead to removal without any other corroborative material.
While we have many eminent able and incorruptible judges in each High Court, it also cannot be denied that the High Courts have many judges who are prepared to sell their souls if enough money is on offer. I do not know how many Supreme Court judges are aware of this, but ignorance of corruption in the Judiciary is not the right way forward and hence I fully support Justice Katju because he is the messenger of this bad news but this bad news needs to be conveyed.
"Don't Shoot the Messenger": SHOOT THE CORRUPT.
SHANTI BHUSHAN
FORMER UNION LAW MINISTER & SENIOR ADVOCATE
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.
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