Sir — This refers to the article, “law does catch up, and with VIP offenders too” (October 14) by A Surya Prakash.
The faith in the judicial system with respect to politicians began to erode when the Supreme Court in 1988 quashed the prosecution against AR Antulay on the ground that a sitting judge of the High Court cannot be a Special Judge under the Prevention of Corruption Act. It was the Supreme Court which transferred the case from the Special Judge to the High Court, and the Chief Justice nominated a judge. Professor Upendra Baxi reportedly commented on the Antulay case as being “corruption of jurisprudence”.