Are existing mechanisms effective in combating judicial corruption?
Update: 2025-04-10
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Last month, unaccounted cash was reportedly recovered from the official residence of former Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma. In response, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna initiated an in-house inquiry into the matter. Justice Varma has since been repatriated to his parent High Court in Allahabad and will not be assigned any judicial work until the Supreme Court-mandated inquiry is completed.
Are existing mechanisms effective in combating judicial corruption? Here we discuss the question.
Guests: Sanjay Hegde, senior advocate based in Delhi; Alok Prasanna Kumar, co-founder of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Host: Aaratrika Bhaumik
Edited by Jude Francis Weston
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