New Delhi: Days after he led the dissent against the Chief Justice of India and questioned the manner of allocating cases, Justice J Chelameswar on Monday underscored the need of an independent judiciary.
"For the survival of a liberal democracy, an impartial and independent judiciary is important," said the most senior judge in the top court while addressing a gathering in the national capital.
Justice Chelameswar was releasing a book 'Supreme Court of India: The Beginnings", authored by late Prof George H Gadbois, Jr, and introduced by Vikram Raghavan and Vasujith Ram.
Justice Chelameswar said that scholars study the institution of judiciary out of curiosity and as part of their research but those who are part of the institution certainly have some interest in it.
Calling for a greater study, the judge emphasised on the need of sustaining and improving the institution for the welfare of the people.
"It should be an ongoing process how exactly an institution is functioning - its achievement and failure," maintained Justice Chelameswar, imploring upon a "constant examination".
He pointed out that at least one-eighth of the population of India has a direct interaction with the judiciary. "The decision made by the Supreme Court, some way or the other, affect the lives of people," asserted the judge.
Justice Chelameswar said that a study of the Supreme Court was thus "more and more essential", for it will help in having an impartial and independent judiciary.
Justice Chelameswar, along with Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, had held the unprecedented press conference on January 12 wherein the judges had raised serious questions on the CJI's mandate of allocating sensitive cases to some "select" benches.
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