Good-bye to Uncle Judges

The majesty and sanctity of judiciary rest on the respect and confidence it enjoys among the people. The scourge of uncle judges is sullying the hallowed edifice of judiciary and creating fatal cleavages in its image of non-partisanship. The litigants’ leaning towards the practicing kith and kin of sitting or retired judges to conduct their briefs in courts is probably for reasons other than those germane to legal competence, expertise and acumen. The Government must put in place suitable measures with due dispatch to contain this malaise, and salvage the pristine image of judiciary from being defiled by such dubious practices.