Two incidents show what is wrong with our Judiciary.
It appears now that Justice Raghupathy of Chennai High Court had clearly mentioned in his 'one page' complaint to Chennai HC Chief Justice that the Minister who tried to influence him was none other than the Telecom Minister Raja. The then Chief Justice of Supreme Court Balakrishnan (perhaps one of the worst CJ's India has seen) claims now that the memo sent by the Chennai CJ did not contain the name of the Minister, insinuating that the Chennai CJ edited out the original complaint. I am really stumped. Perhaps for the first time in the history of independant India, a sitting HC Judge has given a written complaint regarding influence by a Cabinet Minister. The matter is quite serious as it affects the integrity of the judicial system. All CJ Balakrishnan had to do was to ask Justice Raghupathy and his Chennai CJ to fly down to Delhi, conduct a spot enquiry and take appropriate action. Or else he should have flown down to Chennai. Or at least, he should have picked the phone, and had a conference call with the two gentlemen. Instead, he is defending his inaction on a technicality. And such people sat on the highest echelons of our Judiciary. What a shame!
The Supreme Court, hearing a petition made a caustic comment that 'something is rotten in Allahabad SC'. And also made another comment that everyone knows who is the rotten judge/judges. Now pray tell me, if the honourable justices know who the rotten egg(s) is, why the hell don't they take action, instead of sitting and passing silly comments? If a Supreme Court Judge cannot or will not take action against a known corrupt, then who will?
Court of the Absurd!!!
