Obscene justice? A 61-year old doctor threatened a Supreme Court bench today that she would commit suicide if her case of malicious prosecution was sent back to the Delhi HC. She alleged that a Delhi HC judge had been sending her obscene messages and had colluded with BSES Rajdhani to falsely implicate her in a case of drawing electricity illegally after she had rejected his sexual advances. [Telegraph]

Judicially endorsed? A Kerala High Court Judge today refuted media reports stating that he had endorsed the products of a solar-panel company accused of a scam: “As we were conducting various programmes on environmental protection, pollution, global warming etc, I gave a message congratulating the proposal as it would save electrical energy and not cause any pollution. Apart from any such message I have never given any letter either to Team Solar or any other person for promoting their products.” [Outlook]

Political prosecutors: Following the Bombay HC’s direction, the Maharashtra state government has appointed a six-member committee headed by the law secretary to weed out political interference in the appointments of public prosecutors in lower and district courts. The HC had directed that politicians, ministers or bureaucrats should not be part of the decision-making process [TOI]

Enlightened humans on judges: Supreme Court justice Krishna Iyer on judges’ appointments - “We require a public discussion of a well-thought-out draft proposal where the Bar will get to express its views and the higher judiciary too will give its views. But it shall be the product of national debates, symposia, parliamentary discussions and expression of views by academics, intellectuals and other enlightened sections of humanity.” [Hindu]