The Courts and the Samurai

The conversation about the judiciary is as sobering as it’s essential – and we kicked off the  first of what we hope will be many incisive questions about the crisis in the judiciary, and what it means for us all.

To start that conversation with Prashant Bhushan is fitting, because he has been at the forefront of some of the most seminal cases in contemporary jurisprudence, often bringing him into sharp conflict with the judiciary as well as fellow lawyers.

At Algebra, Prashant, along with Gaurav Bhatia – lawyer, and Hony Secy of the Supreme Court Bar Association – took on his most recent war with the Chief Justice last month over the controversial medical college scam case, and through it, delved into crucial issues of judicial corruption and propriety; and how judicial corruption compromised the independence of the court vis-a-vis the executive.

What ails the judiciary, though, can neither be encapsulated nor debated with any nuance in a brief session: watch out for our series of conversations on the subject in the year ahead as we take on the issues of pending cases, missing judges, undertrials, judicial activism and more.

Watch the full session above.