Judicial Accountability Bill tabled in LS

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 11:25

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Judicial Accountability Bill tabled in LS

New Delhi: The much-talked about Judicial Accountability Bill that will provide for accountability of judges and establish a credible mechanism for investigating individual complaints of misbehaviour was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The Bill was introduced by Union Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid, who appealed to the House members to approve the crucial legislation that aims to set new benchmarks in Indian judiciary.

The minister also introduced another bill, which calls for increasing the retirement age of High Court judges from the present 62 years to 65 years.

The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010, seeks to lay down judicial standards and provide for accountability of judges and establish a credible and expedient mechanism for investigating into individual complaints for misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court and to regulate the procedure for such investigation.

It also proposes to form a panel to incorporate a provision to have in-camera proceedings of the committee which will scrutinize complaints against judges.

The Judicial Accountability Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha last year and was then sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Law and Justice.

A key recommendation of the committee that seeks to "restrain" judges from making "unwarranted comments" against other constitutional bodies or persons in courts.

PTI

First Published: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 08:37

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V.K.S Mukhi - Guwahati
Do we have adequate number of judges ? I wonder , can a work which can be carried out by 100 persons in 10 days be completed by 10 persons only.

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B.L.Gupta, Advocate, - Udaipur- 313 001
Litigants of this Country are at pains to submit that Perks & facilities of the Judges of all ranks have been tremendously hiked as compared to the minimum earning of a ordinary citizens with out any accountability and by the mandates of the Courts on its own through committee of judges and commission without considering the interest of public at large. It is surprising why the Government of India is so scared and affraid of the Judges when in return they are holding the pendency for decades without justice. GOI and the Parliament who represents the 121 crores population must come forward to do the justice to the Indian Public consisting of poors, down trodden and half fed without housing, medicare, education and bare necessacities.Why corrupt judges are retired with pension why not sack them and forfeit the illgotten money and properties for the general well bings. Regards.blgupta, R/262/78.

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TCS PRASAD - Bhilai
When lakhs of cases are pending in courts, it is not justified for the courts to have winter holidays summer holidays etc. This has led to an apathy in people to avoid going to courts to justice as it takes decades to settle the issue. Think of any body not able to remember what he has eaten two days back, asking to testfy a thing after years or decades. Is it not rediculous. All these should have been addressed in judicial accountability bill.