Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Bela Trivedi
Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Bela Trivedi

"A judge, like Caesar's wife, must be above suspicion": Supreme Court

The Court said that showing undue favour to a party under the guise of passing judicial orders is the worst kind of judicial dishonesty and misconduct.
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The Supreme Court, while upholding the penalty imposed on a judicial officer for misconduct, stated that a judge must always remain above suspicion, "like Caesar's wife". [Muzaffar Hussain v State of UP & Anr.]

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