During the Ceremonial Sitting of the Supreme Court today, Attorney General Dappula De Livera said the Judges should be ruthlessly honest, independent and impartial as the credibility of a judicial system in a country is dependent on the Judges who man it. He said the Judges must be persons of impeccable integrity and unimpeachable independence. “A Judge must discharge his judicial functions with high integrity, impartially and intellectual honesty. Speaking of Intellectual honesty; the law would be like a ball of clay in the hands of a erudite Judge. Therefore, Judges should be ruthlessly honest, independent, and impartial and possess a judicial conscience to ensure that the ball of clay is molded according to law,” he said. For over 2000 years of the Island’s long history, the AG said the Courts of Law have occupied a unique place in the system of government. He said the public acceptance of the judiciary and public confidence in the judiciary is necessary for the rule of law to prevail in the country. “Public confidence in the judiciary is dependent on the independence and integrity of the judiciary. The sovereignty is in the people and is alienable and that sovereignty of the people is exercised by the judiciary in the public trust. The independence and the integrity of the judiciary ought to be preserved for justice and the rule of law to prevail in a society. A judiciary should not only be independent but appear to be independent in order to gain the confident of the people,” he said. He said an independent judiciary is the corner of stone of the prevalence of the rule of law in a democratic society. The Attorney General further said, “The people will be judging you when you are judging them therefore that accountability and transparency ought to be seen and perceived from the judgments, pronouncements and orders that are delivered by the Courts.