Former union law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan told the Supreme Court couple of days back that 8 of 16 former Chief Justices were ' definitely corrupt ' and six were ' definitely honest ' and he was not sure of two. In his affidavit he named the 8 corrupt chief justices of the Supreme Court and these included Justice AM Ahmadi of Union Carbide fame and Justice Sabharwal who was alleged to have shut down high street stores to favor his sons who were selling shops in new shopping malls. He also claimed that two former chief justices personally told him that their immediate predecessors and successors were corrupt. We remember that allegations of unfairly shutting down high street stores were first revealed by two reporters who were sentenced to prison for contempt of court by a Delhi High Court judge without trial. These are allegations without any proof but every person in India will believe them. Such is the level of contempt and suspicion for the whole establishment that Indian citizens will readily believe any sordid story of corruption leveled against politicians, civil servants, police, judges and anyone connected with the government. Of course lawyers are almost uniformly corrupt and routinely resort to bribery, lies and deliberately losing cases to make money. Judges allow lawyers to postpone hearings on flimsy grounds so that cases go on for decades by which time the litigant is often dead. This allows criminals to enjoy complete immunity and breeds armed insurrection. If the politicians seriously want to tackle the Naxal problem they must ensure justice. Politicians are all criminals and will never allow an efficient criminal justice system.