India, May 29 -- Observing that none can deny there is corruption in the judiciary, the Madras High Court has said that there were and are corrupt judges.

A vacation bench comprising Justices GR Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayan made the observation while dismissing a Public Interest Litigation plea on May 21 from an advocate RS Tamilvendan, which sought a direction to the authorities to ban the continued screening of the Tamil film "Karuppu", starring popular film star S Surya and Trisha.

The bench said while addressing a legal conference in Kollam (Kerala), former Chief Justice of India Bharucha implied that 20 per cent of the judges in the country were corrupt.

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