Retired Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar spoke about the “institution under assault” at the India Today Conclave 2019. Here are a few important quotes from that conversation:
– In a democracy questioning is not a revolt.
– The opinion of the country is more important.
– In our opinion things are not proceeding in the right direction; we failed with all our efforts to set right the things.
– There are judges who are pliable.
– When I was absolutely forthright, some of the very vulnerable gentlemen of this country saw an agenda behind it.
– We were never beyond any answerability.
– Impeachment process cannot be the only answer.
– The government of the day is/was manipulating the appointments.
– There are problems in collegium system.
– When we are choosing judges of the highest court of the country what is more important is to see what is the quality of the person, what are his views on public issues, what are his jurisprudence foundations.
– Everybody wants a pliable institution.