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Supreme Court of India Needs Transparency to Ensure Judiciary's Credibility

Vol. 52, Issue No. 46, 18 Nov, 2017

The author traces the history of the question of judicial accountability through important judgments and argues for a transparent system within the judiciary itself to deal with cases of judicial misconduct.

“I was there. I plead guilty. I don’t know why I yielded to my colleagues… I still feel it was against my conscience. It was an act of weakness on my part. I confess.” (Bhagwati 2011)

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