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Judicial Reforms: Nobody's baby

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Judiciary is like a bus full of monkeys speeding on the highway of India's democracy. Various monkeys are in charge of the accelerator, brakes and steering wheel, and those chief monkeys retire very soon after they assume office. So who is responsible for the overall conduct of this "independent judiciary", and the many casualties that it causes on the highway of democracy? Nobody! No one can be held responsible.

The Uncle-Judge phenomenon in Indian judiciary

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How "Uncle-Judges" enable the family members of their brother-judges, practicing in the same court, to exploit their relationship to get favourable orders and become super-rich. Former Law minister Shanti Bhushan and Retired Supreme Court judge Markandeya Katju explain. Like  ·  Comment  ·  Share