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Why the Supreme Court has only itself to blame for the recent unsavoury episodes - The Economic Times.pdf
Economic Times
(2018)
Abstract
The Supreme Court of India is in crisis. The Narendra Modi government is playing hardball with the court’s Collegium. The Congress-led opposition, too, has a target: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Each assails the other with sly ambitions to weaken the judicial branch. But behind this chronic politics of motive is a deeper issue of fit: Who, if anyone, should judge the judges?
The Constitution bars parliamentary discussions on judges and their conduct of duties; impeachment proceedings are the only exception. But the latter process is tiring. So judges, in effect, occupy a zone of self-government. They must police their conduct, earnestly attend to allegations of wrongdoings and convey impartiality.
Has the judiciary done these? Hardly. The Supreme Court instead has fashioned a troubling brand of self-government.
Keywords
- Supreme Court of India,
- collegium,
- India,
- Dipak Misra,
- judiciary,
- impeachment
Disciplines
- Law,
- Constitutional Law and
- Courts
Publication Date
May 13, 2018
Citation Information
Shubhankar Dam. "Why the Supreme Court has only itself to blame for the recent unsavoury episodes - The Economic Times.pdf" Economic Times (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shubhankar_dam/62/
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