**But ex-chief justice of the Supreme Court, Mr Sajjad Ali Shah, has joined another ex-chief justice of the apex court, Mr Nazim Siddiqi, to warn that applying the criterion of public opinion to the functioning of the Supreme Court might hurt the integrity of the judiciary. A judge must in all cases use the touchstone of law and not public opinion while adjudicating a cause. Too much insistence on the “power of the street” — as mentioned by Mr Kurd — derogates from the universal principles of justice. **