Dignity of judiciary
M A H Nazim Dept. of Political Science University of Dhaka
James Bryce aptly remarked that there is no better test of the excellence of a government than the efficiency of its judicial system. Judiciary is the guardian of the rights of man and it protects these rights. On the other hand, another eminent scholar said, " If the law be dishonestly administered the salt has lost its flavour; if it be weakly and fitfully enforced, the guarantees or order fail, for it is more by the certainty than by the severity of punishment that offenders are repressed. If the lamp of justice goes out in darkness, how great is that darkness". The observations are relevant in our context today,We should bear in mind that the chair of the chief justice is not merely a post, but it is an institution. It has a divine appeal, dignity, respectability and what not. But what are we watching today?
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