Nothing to fear if your conscience is clear

WHEN things go under the glare of public scrutiny, they are likely to emerge in better shape. It is like tempering a steel blade so that it is hard and tough instead of being merely hard to the point of brittleness, and thus, useless.

This is worth having in mind while considering the advice that Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria dispensed on Tuesday at the swearing in of judges elevated to the Federal and High courts.