The Supreme Court and public criticism - Part 2 | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
Dragging the Supreme Court into public controversy is undignified and unbefitting of their exalted position. Addressing the High Court Journalists Association on December 3, 1964, Lord Denning said: “Justice has no place in darkness and secrecy. When a judge sits on a case, he himself is on trial…if there is any misconduct on his part, any bias or prejudice, there is a reporter to keep an eye on him.” This admonition should constantly be uppermost in the hearts of judges.
The Supreme Court must strive to live up to its billings always, as Nigeria’s highest court. Some well-settled principles of law have been made by the current Supreme Court to appear not so settled, thereby ridiculing the principle of stare decisis and lowering people’s confidence in the law. Therefore, the Supreme Court should retrace the path of excellence, honour, and integrity to enhance judicial efficacy and efficiency and to bolster public confidence in the Court.
The views of many practicing lawyers, who probably know the candidates better than anybody, should be sought before and even after short-listing the candidates to be considered for elevation to the Supreme Court. Elevation to the Supreme Court must not be used for rewarding political party loyalists or family friends. A Supreme Court Justice must not allow his political leaning to cloud over his sense of justice.
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