Supreme Court Judge’s children and relatives indulged in sharp practice to obtain favourable orders from the trial Court Judges. Justice Krishna Bhat revels shocking state of affairs.
The reply speech of Justice Krishna Bhat on his retirement makes shocking revelation about superior Court Judges' kith and kin misusing their position to obtain favourable orders in subordinate Courts. Justice Krishna Bhat candidly discloses how the children of the Supreme Court Judge have been misusing their position. There are instances where the children of SC Judge visiting the trial Court Judges with clients asking for favourable orders/judgments. Excerpts from Justice Krishna Bhat’s speech. “Now, I find certain coyness at the higher level and it was felt necessary to rechristen the manner of referring to subordinate Courts in a manner at variance with the nomenclature found at Chapter VI of the Constitution of India. I am not certain that all these similar measures have ensured to instil a sense of self-confidence, value of self respect and sense of independence among the members of subordinate judiciary and without that I suspect Judges at the Tr...
