The Judges (Declaration of Assets and Liabilities) Bill 2009 is attracting a lot of attention, especially for the puzzling (and disappointing) official stance adopted on it by the judiciary (recounted in this recent post). I found the commentaries offered by Fali Nariman and Pratap Mehta on the fracas in the Rajya Sabha particularly insightful and thought-provoking. Nariman’s sincere advice to the judiciary offers it a dignified way out of this mess. However, it is not clear if the judiciary perceives the damage its stance is doing to its own prestige and power.
Nariman and Mehta on the Judges’ Bill
Further reading
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