"And to make the larger point that gauging judges by the mere arithmetic of numbers does great disservice to them. Particularly in cases such as this one where a well-regarded judge has been wrongly wrung on a faulty metric. A judge blessed with exceptional legal caliber, inviolable integrity and a cathartic compassion that shines through each one of her decisions," writes Shamnad Basheer in The Wire, in an assessment of Justice Gita Mittal and in the second of Spicy IP's series reviewing judges (the first is here ).