There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible and he who permits himself to tell lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual, he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him.' This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart and in time depraves all its good dispositions.' Mental dishonesty and moral mischief breed all that integrity is not. As Thomas Jefferson remarked, 'it is of great importance to set resolution, never not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. Hence, every judicial officer in any society is required to comply, not only with the laws and legislations, but with codes and canons of conduct and ethical standards as well, without derogation. Integrity connotes being consistent - doing the right thing in accordance with the law and ethical standards everytime. Simply, it is a qualification of being honest, truthful, and having steadfast adherence to moral and ethical principles. In the early 1600's, Francis Bacon, a philosopher, statesman, and jurist, in his ' Essay LVI: Of Judicature' said - 'bove all things, integrity is the Judge's portion and proper virtue.' Neither is integrity complex concept necessitating esoteric philosophical disquisitions to be understood. It is not a new concept in the vocation of administering and dispensing justice. Integrity has, at all times, been stressed to be one of the required qualifications of a judge.

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