Transparency needed in Indian judiciary
India, Aug. 26 -- It is not everyday that a sitting Supreme Court judge calls for the immediate transfer of the acting chief justice of a high court, accusing him of corruption, nepotism, favouritism, misuse of roster powers and administrative decisions that benefitted influential litigants and lawyers. In three damning letters to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant this month, apex court judge justice Sandeep Mehta urged the top court's collegium to appoint a chief justice from another high court to Rajasthan "with immediate effect" to replace acting chief justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, warning that continued inaction was causing serious damage to the institution and that it was imperative "to save the institution from further carna...
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