NEW DELHI: Asserting that confidence in the judicial system seemed to be on the decline in people’s perception, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has said alternatives could only be found when both the government and the judiciary accepted that the systems in place, including for judges’ appointments, were not working.
In an interview with PTI, Sibal talked about what was ailing the judicial system, citing examples of how bail was not being granted in most cases by district and sessions courts, and highlighted the issue of a controversial speech made by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of Allahabad High Court last year.
Sibal, speaking as a lawyer and not as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, refrained from commenting on the alleged discovery of a huge stash of cash at the residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma. PTI
