Judges in the Society

Chief Justice Shri S.H.Kapadia deserves congradulations for signaling a “no mercy” approach to weed out corruption from the judiciary. While delivering the fifth M.C.Setalvad Memorial Lecture on Judicial Ethics organized by the Bar Association of India (BAI) the Chief Justice stated that “Political protection should not be given to corrupt judges.”

“The man who is only interested in himself is not admissible”, for a judge must have a habit of thinking impersonally without regard for worldly advantages or disadvantages of an opinion or an action, Justice Kapadia said.

He was also against relatives of judges appearing before them. “When a family member regularly appears before a judge, adverse public perception can affect the working of the integrity of an institution like the judiciary” he said.

Another point for which we should appreciate the views of Justice Kapadia is that the Judge should not accept patronage through which he acquires office, preferential treatment or post retirement assignment. He fears that these things can give right to corruption if and when quid pro-quo makes the demand on such judges.