Justice Ramana also said that in recent times, physical attacks on judicial officers are on the rise and at times, there are concerted campaigns in the print and social media against judges if parties do not get a favourable order while these attacks appear to be sponsored and synchronised.
The notion that "judges are themselves appointing judges" is a myth as the judiciary is just one of the many players involved in the process of selecting judicial officers, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Sunday. He was delivering the fifth Sri Lavu Venkatewarlu Endowment Lecture on "Indian Judiciary - Challenges of future" at Siddhartha Law College, Vijayawada.
VIJAYAWADA: The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana while addressing the audience during the 5th Late Shri Lavu Venkateswarlu Endowment Lecture at Siddhartha Law College in Vijayawada, recalled an interaction with Supreme Court Justice L Nageswar Rao a few days earlier. He stated that the Justice told him that his mother Nagendramma (wife of Lavu Venkateswarulu) said that the