For those of us who still believed that India’s judiciary was beyond reproach, here’s a shocker. It just takes Rs 75,000 to guarantee an early hearing of your case in the Supreme Court. That’s the story of an NRI doctor who is engaged in a legal battle against three Kolkata doctors. His contention is that their actions led to his wife’s death 11 years ago. They were acquitted by the Kolkata High Court in 2004 forcing him to take the battle to the apex court. After a wait of over four years, some officials of the Supreme Court promised a ‘prompt’ hearing for the aforementioned sum. But our kudos go to the doctor. He promptly informed the CBI who arrested the three men (two employees of the court’s registry and one lawyer) in question. Some justice after all!