Saturday, 14 July 2018

Indian judiciary as an inert system running on the fuel of sound 
Indian judiciary was in need of a revolution. 
courts needed to remain 'uncontaminated', 'independent' and 'fierce' at all times.
court processes were regarded as a trial even before the trial began. 
judges to begin with introspection. If anything, they must begin with introspection about what it actually means to be independent. In the determination to remain independent, there is also a temptation to isolate oneself from everything else. Could the Indian judiciary be falling into that trap?

judges should be able to focus on their primary responsibility, i.e., that of adjudication.

A reductivist interpretation of independence to mean isolation and insularity will only damage its foundations.

the judiciary has preferred to keep many of these roles to itself, as an expression of its independence. For example, Indian judges routinely spend hours handling administrative chores like sanctioning leave applications, or attending meetings for building repairs. A mid-sized high court in India is likely to have close to 50 committees for administrative matters, with an average of 4 to 5 judges as members of each (in a court that has a total of, say, 25 judges). 

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