<p> Management guru Shiv Khera intends to pull skeletons out of the judiciary’s cupboard and place the controversial material before the Supreme Court, no less.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On Sunday, Khera said the Indian judiciary was one of the most corrupt institutions in the country and that he would file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the apex court next week using an affidavit filed by former union law minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan.<br />Bhushan had filed the affidavit in 2010 during a contempt of court hearing against his son, Prashant, who is an activist and former associate of Anna Haraze. <br /><br />Caused a storm<br /><br />Bhushan’s affidavit claimed that eight of the last 16 Chief Justices of India (CJIs) were corrupt and had caused a storm when it was brought on record before a bench headed by Altamas Kabir, who took over as CJI on Saturday.<br /><br />Khera, who was in the City to deliver a lecture, said he would raise the claims made in Bhushan’s affidavit because they were never taken seriously as they would have uncovered the darker side of the Indian judiciary.<br /><br />“Now that I am going to file the PIL next week, I would ensure that the allegation is proved true,” he said to reporters.<br /><br />Khera said he would approach the court as a petitioner himself because no lawyer was willing to file such a PIL. “None of my advocates is ready to fight for me as they are apprehensive over fighting on such a sensitive issue,” he said.<br /><br />Three PILs filed<br /><br />Khera said he had filed three PILs earlier, which are pending before the Supreme Court. They are on the right to reject a candidate on the lines of choosing a candidate in an election, introducing a witness protection programme in India to safeguard whistle-blowers, and cancelling caste-based reservation to replace it with affirmative action for economically- weaker citizens.<br /></p>
<p> Management guru Shiv Khera intends to pull skeletons out of the judiciary’s cupboard and place the controversial material before the Supreme Court, no less.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On Sunday, Khera said the Indian judiciary was one of the most corrupt institutions in the country and that he would file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the apex court next week using an affidavit filed by former union law minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan.<br />Bhushan had filed the affidavit in 2010 during a contempt of court hearing against his son, Prashant, who is an activist and former associate of Anna Haraze. <br /><br />Caused a storm<br /><br />Bhushan’s affidavit claimed that eight of the last 16 Chief Justices of India (CJIs) were corrupt and had caused a storm when it was brought on record before a bench headed by Altamas Kabir, who took over as CJI on Saturday.<br /><br />Khera, who was in the City to deliver a lecture, said he would raise the claims made in Bhushan’s affidavit because they were never taken seriously as they would have uncovered the darker side of the Indian judiciary.<br /><br />“Now that I am going to file the PIL next week, I would ensure that the allegation is proved true,” he said to reporters.<br /><br />Khera said he would approach the court as a petitioner himself because no lawyer was willing to file such a PIL. “None of my advocates is ready to fight for me as they are apprehensive over fighting on such a sensitive issue,” he said.<br /><br />Three PILs filed<br /><br />Khera said he had filed three PILs earlier, which are pending before the Supreme Court. They are on the right to reject a candidate on the lines of choosing a candidate in an election, introducing a witness protection programme in India to safeguard whistle-blowers, and cancelling caste-based reservation to replace it with affirmative action for economically- weaker citizens.<br /></p>