As the US Supreme Court braces for legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions against Harvard University, the spotlight turns to judicial recusals—raising complex questions of bias, constitutional duty, and institutional integrity, both in America and India
The declaration of assets by a majority of the apex court judges is commendable, but it actually dates back to a process called the Bangalore Declaration. In 2001, a group of senior judges and jurists from different countries convened under the umbrella of the United Nations. They produced what came to be known as the Bangalore Draft Code of Judicial Conduct—an effort to create a universally acceptable standard of judicial ethics around the world