If the progeny of the judges of the most superior court in the country call on the Judicial Officers (JOs) at their residence with eager litigants in tow with an attempt to pass slips and thereafter drop the name of their forbear with hints of protection, then there is a serious problem to the independence of the judiciary, said Justice P. Krishna Bhat, a judge of the High Court of Karnataka, on Thursday.
“Discussions about the ‘independence of the judiciary’ and threat to the same abounds the air now. To my mind, threat to the ‘independence of the judiciary’ is a myth,” he said.
“Independence of judiciary is realised by an individual judge remaining independent. How is that attained? It is only by the judge internalising certain values and virtues,” he said.
