By KN Bhat
Of high courts and higher justices
In January 2010, Justice P.D. Dinakaran, then Chief Justice of the Karnataka high court, was made to face the door marked “OUT” in the judicial fortress — a formal enquiry into the allegations against him commenced. Transferring him to another high court was the sole way of escaping public pressure, but there were no takers. Sikkim of late is where the “rejects” are dumped.
Despite protests, on April 10, 2010, Dinakaran in Gangtok swore to uphold the Constitution and the laws of India. Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta high court was already in the impeachment queue. Proceedings against both are pending and they may remain so until they retire. That is how the well-meaning safeguards save the sinners — the saints never test them.
