NEW DELHI, Sept. 21 -- Dear Mr Justice Arun Mishra,
It is your parting comment that you wrote your judgements on the basis of the dictates of your conscience that prompts me to write this letter. I thought all judges, especially of the Supreme Court, gave their verdicts within the four walls of the Constitution, based on the materials placed before them in the larger interest of "we the people".
It is the first time a judge has used the word "conscience" to justify his decisions. You would do well to remember how you took your oath of office. Did you say that you would uphold your conscience at all times without fear or favour? Did the word 'conscience' figure in the oath at all? Like every judge, you had taken the oath to uphold the Cons...