Talking about the common man’s faith in the judiciary, which has supposedly been “shackled” after the public dissent by four senior judges against the Chief Justice of India, one wonders whether anyone has thought about the huge backlog of cases in the judiciary. Shouldn’t this be the reason for loss of faith in the judiciary?
One has to make a distinction between “contempt of court” and transparent functioning.
The four dissenting judges are not novices and would have thought over their decision considerably. Hence their decision should be respected. Instead of accusing them of airing dissent, one must delve into the issue and focus on the festering problems in the judiciary (OpEd page – ‘Yes, No, It’s Complicated’ – “Should the four SC judges have dissented publicly?” January 19).
Medha Anand,
New Delhi
While legal luminaries and retired judges appear to hold diametrically opposite views, with one side supporting the four dissenting senior judges, and the other asserting the supremacy of the Chief Justice of India, the common man has understood that even the highest level of the judiciary in India may not be immune to partiality, discrimination and pliability. At the same time, the media could and should have avoided the use of strong words such as “revolt” and “mutiny”.
S. Arjun Prasanna,
Bengaluru