A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to form a Judicial Commission to examine all laws on corruption and crime and draft a comprehensive and stringent Indian Penal Code in order to secure rule of law, equality before law and equal protection of laws.
The list includes names of two former Chief Justices – Justices TS Thakur and RM Lodha – as well as two who recently retired – Justices Deepak Gupta and R. Banumathi.