1. While judiciary has been seen as a harbinger of promoting transparency and accountability in governmental functions, it needs to promote the same regarding its own functioning. Comment w.r.t. the need for judicial reforms in India.

Approach:

Answer should focus on the twin issues of judicial accountability and independence. Also the question asks for need for reforms and not the reforms themselves. Hence there is no need to go into various recommendations for judicial reforms. Rather the logic behind these recommendations should be highlighted.