For any unbiased and realistic enquiry against judges, one needs a full time body, independent of the government as well as of the judiciary, with an investigative machinery under its control, through which it can get complaints investigated. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
The judiciary is the only institution in the country which remains totally unaccountable. There is no institution with disciplinary powers over the judiciary. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
The Ramaswami case and subsequent attempts to impeach judges have demonstrated the total impracticality of that instrument to discipline judges. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Gujarat, which Modi has made the laboratory of Hindutva, is the leading edge of the onslaught of communal fascism in this country. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
We must learn the correct lessons from the U.S. war on terror, which, far from making the U.S., its citizens and interests safe across the world has only increased insecurity worldwide and has led to many more terror attacks on U.S. interests and citizens across the world. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
The illegitimate money made by corrupt public servants and the power that it gives them is then also used to perpetuate them in office. This corrupt money is one of the main factors responsible for the continued reelection of such politicians. They become masters of the people they are supposed to serve. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
The U.S. economy will tank if either China withdraws its money from the U.S. Banks, or Saudi Arabia stops depositing its oil money in U.S. bonds, or even if the oil trade goes off the dollar. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Those is power being largely corrupt, recognize that a non functional and corrupt judiciary will allow them to escape punishment even when they get caught. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Ultimately, it is only a powerful civil society movement which can break the vicious cycle of corruption in any society. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
