The former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India S. P. Bharucha had suggested that up to 20 per cent of judges in India were corrupt.But this is applicable to the judiciary system of the country as a whole from lower courts.Is it true that the judges of Supreme court and High Courts of India are also corrupt. Has anyone such experience ?
2007-09-21 04:42:17 · 9 answers · asked by gc_misra 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
yes,surely many judges in High courts are also corrupt . some act directly while others favour the parties by their actions like not hearing the cases or intentionally defering the cases ,inspite of getting listed repeatedly ,at the instance of approaching parties who find that their side of the case is hopeless and delaying the case is the other way they can deny the justice to opposite parties. Judges know that their such action cannot be attributed to them as corruption though practically they favour the parties by such actions and in turn the parties favour them with packets , by kind or services or other sort of things. while lawyers are definitely responsible for delays in settlement of cases but amongst other various reasons , corruption amongst High Court judges is also a factor which plays it's part in accumulation of cases in such courts
2007-09-24 07:20:40 · answer #1 · answered by chandraprakash 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Entire judiciary is corrupt from peon to judges. Examples are galore in the past like warrants being issued in the names of VVIPs like Abdul Kalam and others. Even advocates are corrupt people who always prolong the case. If a case is disposed in a court of law, to obtain a judgement copy one has to grease the palms of the staff of the concerned section. Advocates also collect money on one or some other pretext as the case gets going in addition to their prescribed fee that is unaffordable for the clients. In a nutshell, filing of a case in a court of law, the case may turn either side as if in stock exchange even though evidence is strongly on one side. The judiciary has eroded the commonman's confidence.
2007-09-21 21:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by katkam v 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Corruption is inborn in whole of Indian society & even the third part of the government i.e. judiciary is not untouched by this infection. How far the judiciary is corrupt? As you suggest & quote former C.J of Supreme Court of India its upto 20%. Does this 20% judges include judges of High Courts & Supreme Court is a question of facts which no one can openly say in public unless this is exposed with relevant facts to prove truth of such allegations. Even just the recent judgment with regard to former CJ of the Supreme Court of India Justice Y.K. Sabharwal with regard to an article published in Mid Day along with some cartoon of the former CJ has put four correspondence in trouble as they were held guilty of Contempt of Court & their plea of truth about their allegation were not taken in account by the Delhi High Court as these truth could not be pleaded as a defence to a charge of contempt as this was brought by the amendment in the Contempt of Court Act in March 2006. When any one allege the corruption by any judge the chances of his getting charged with the contempt of court will always be there hence a vague allegation, naming any judge for taking bribery can be a trouble shooter for the person alleging such charges hence to avoid the trouble, first, get the relevant evidence required by the law to prove the charges of corruption as provided under the Prevention of Corruption Act1988, then make a issue out of this & discuss it in public.
2007-09-21 18:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by vijay m Indian Lawyer 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think the the higher judiciary is not corrupt up to 20%. May be say 3% to 5% could be ,even this cannot be tottally reasoned as corrupt but may perhaphs yield due to pressure of Politician and pull from top,,due the Political sysytem as such,in the country as existing today
2007-09-21 04:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by sasi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whether it doesn't attract contempt?
Any system which is not transparent is bound to be corrupt. And of course judiciary, is available to how many people at what cost and who can approach? Whether a common man can approach a court within fthe capability of his knowledge, resources and then whether expected of justice if gone using his resources at the cost of his livily hood or meagre resources.
What a pity?
2007-09-22 04:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by Open_Mind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There may be a few black sheep here and there but the Higher Judiciary in India is by and large honest, effective, efficient and public spirited.
2007-09-21 16:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by Pramod R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cent per cent. we must switch over to jury system.
this is in response to suggestion for delete by the yahoo community.
it's high time to rever the entire community in the Apex court as the God's Angel. they are human being, corruptible and even casteist. we ought to respect them because of TINA factor. there is no alternative. but let's not treat them as Holy Cows.
2007-09-21 07:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not experience but expectation:
While men are nature-made, judges, as all educated are, man-made; so, every creation should have touch with divinity and become divine-made ; then no corruption.
2007-09-21 17:08:46 · answer #8 · answered by viswamvishnu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends how corruption is defined ,
different communities have differenr standards
if ramrajya standards are applied figures could be high
some orders if read clearly indicate 'some thing is wrong in netherland'
2007-09-21 05:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋