Observing that none can deny there is corruption in the judiciary, the Madras High Court has said there were and are corrupt judges.
A vacation Bench comprising Justices GR Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayan made the observation while dismissing a public interest litigation on May 21 from advocate RS Tamilvendan, which sought a direction to the authorities to ban the continued screening of the Tamil film “Karuppu”, starring actors S Surya and Trisha.
The Bench said while addressing a legal conference in Kollam (Kerala), former Chief Justice of India Bharucha implied that 20 per cent of the judges in the country were corrupt.
“Corruption in the judiciary cannot be committed without some members of the Bar becoming privy to the corrupt. The vigilant watch by the High Court is the sustaining stream to catch the corrupt and to deal with the situation appropriately,” the Bench added.
