Merely because a judge gave an opinion on corruption, that cannot be accepted as a gospel truth. It is terribly unbecoming of justice Mukhopadhyaya to give a comment which, with great respect I say, is highly irresponsible.
Disconitnuing service of 56 judges of the lower court is a great step forward in retaining the image of judiciary in the state. But the statement of the judge that any judge can be bought by money is a tight slap across the faces of those honest judges who are serving the judiciary in the state. People functioning in judiciary are a part of the society which has also given birth to terrorists, criminals, Mahatma Gandhi, Buddha and many avataras. Judiciary is also just like any other branch in the society and the virus of corruption as a matter of common social ailment also affects it. Corruption is reflection of a state of mind at a given situation. One withstands it because of his upbringing and conviction in terms of morality. This illegal behaviour cannot be stopped by judiciary nor do we expect that judiciary stop corruption.A person becomes honest only when he practises it and any deviation from this practice makes him corrupt. Most of us in urban life, if not directly corrupt, are beneficiaries of corruption because we accept it as a fact of life. It can be contained to a great extent only when we unleash a sense of hate against the act of corruption. The judge unfortunately exceeded his boundary by making a statement like this.
