Bangalore, December 27: Questioning the moral authority of Chief Justice of India in the backdrop of the Justice Dinakaran controversy, a pro-active Karnataka High Court judge says the top-most judge is more like a “serpent” without fangs who can only hiss but not bite.
In one of the strongest attacks ever on the head of the country’s judiciary, D V Shylendra Kumar, who raised eyebrows in taking the lead on the issue of assets disclosure by judges, fired a salvo again at on the efficacy of the “moral authority” the top judiciary in ensuring that erring judges fall in place.
“The concept that the Chief Justice of India, being the head of judiciary in the country, and therefore, can exercise his moral authority to ensure that erring judges fall in place and behave themselves, is a misnomer and misconception,” he said.
–Agencies