The media these days, armed with 24/7 channels, are having a field-day with so-called “judicial scandals”. The bad publicity generated gives our entire judiciary a bad name. This can be prevented. In the present circumstances it can only be prevented if the right action is taken. And in my humble view the right action would be for the chief justices of the concerned courts of the superior judiciary to direct any concerned judge involved in questionable conduct be not allotted any work till his/her name is cleared. This is the only way in which the otherwise fair name of our higher judiciary — of which I am very proud — will be maintained. The Institution is always greater than the men and women who for the time being sit in it!

The writer is an eminent jurist

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