Bangalore: Senior Karnataka High Court Judge D V Shylendra Kumar has taken a fresh swipe at the Supreme Court Collegium, saying the institution was not "playing straight."
The Collegium is a panel of five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court and administers the highest court of the country.
Justice Kumar wrote on his website that there were "dark spots and dimly lit" areas in judiciary and accused the Collegium and High Courts of functioning in a "masked manner".
Justice Kumar created controversy last year when he criticized the then Supreme Court Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan on the issue of judges making their assets public.
"It is no doubt that there are dark spots and dimly lit areas in the judiciary and as of now, there may be a case of Justice ( S D) Dinakaran in the South, Justice Nirmal Yadav in the North and Justice Soumitra Sen in the East and also the masked manner of functioning of the Collegium of Supreme Court and the High Courts," he said.
He accused the Collegium of "not necessarily playing straight or in consonance with the accepted moral standards."
“I am of the view that these are all nothing but aberrations of the times and the institution of judiciary will definitely weather these hiccups, shed its black sheep and emerge clear and virtuous in the long run," he said.
Justice Kumar created news when he strongly demands that judges declare assets they own and voluntarily put details about his assets on his website in August last year.
He has accused the Collegium of being "secretive" in selection of judges and "blissfully remaining insensitive to public opinion. "
He had also consistently attacked Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, against whom impeachment proceedings are pending in Rajya Sabha, over his continuing to discharge administrative functions while being away from the Bench following the land grab charges against him.
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