Need for funds keeps judiciary open to influence, says law expert
Reliance on government funding means the judiciary will always be open to executive influence, according to a visiting academic.
Venkat Iyer of Ulster University said in a public lecture here that it would be unrealistic to expect the judiciary and judicial appointments to be completely free of executive influence, including that of the prime minister.
“The country may have a good judiciary on paper, but if it’s not properly resourced, what use is it?” he said. “That’s another way of killing a judiciary: saying we have incorruptible judges and don’t interfere with our judges, but starving the judiciary of resources.”
Iyer defended the role of a prime minister in the selection process for judicial appointments, saying that the prime minister, as an elected official with a mandate to reform the…
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