India, June 16 -- The annual pilgrimage of India's legal elite to the United Kingdom has, over the years, acquired the status of an unwritten convention. Every summer, an influential gathering of judges, senior advocates, affluent lawyers, law firms, academics, policymakers, of lately power brokers descends upon London and other British cities under the respectable banner of lectures, seminars, conferences and professional exchanges. On paper, these events are intended to promote legal scholarship, judicial cooperation, institutional transparency and discussions on strengthening democracy. In reality, however, they increasingly raise uncomfortable questions about propriety, perception and public confidence in the justice delivery system....