About the Book: Anita Gets Bail
The judiciary has been the one sturdy dyke that has saved us from the excesses
of rulers. But recent events remind us of the cracks that have formed: the
quality of individuals apart, even the institutional arrangements that had been
put in place to preserve the purity and independence of the institution--the
collegium, conventions governing the way cases are to be assigned among
judges--have frayed. These cracks provide a dangerous opportunity to political
rulers to suborn this institution also. Through actual cases and judgments--of
subordinate courts, High Courts, the Supreme Court-- Arun Shourie enables us to
see how frail and vulnerable