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Motherjones.com -- Web Exclusives AR: There's this concept in the contempt of court law that truth is not a defense. So Justice [S. P.] Bharucha, the chief justice, said that 20 percent of India's judiciary is corrupt. But supposing you say that a judge is corrupt and here is the evidence? You're not allowed to say it. You will be put into jail for saying it. Because even if he's corrupt, truth is not a defense. Can you imagine that? It's unbelievable. That's the situation. Because by proving that he's corrupt you're lowering the dignity of the court. So that's what we are saying, that the Supreme Court is the most powerful institution in this country today and the most unaccountable. And even if you don't talk about monetary corruption or political corruption, even if you just look at