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India helps in developing principles of judicial independence
London, May 17: India has played an important role at a meeting of the commonwealth law ministers group here in developing a set of principles to preserve independence of judiciary as part of good governance in commonwealth countries.
London, May 17: India has played an important role at a meeting of the commonwealth law ministers group here in developing a set of principles to preserve independence of judiciary as part of good governance in commonwealth countries.
The principles, unveiled at the one-day meeting of the group yesterday by India's law minister Arun Jaitley, will now be circulated among commonwealth law ministers before they are submitted to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHoGM) at Abuja in December this year.
In his remarks at the meeting, Jaitley urged the commonwealth member countries to preserve the independence of judiciary by ensuring security of tenure of judicial officers and make their appointment through a clearly defined and publicly declared process.
The group was constituted by the commonwealth Secretary General Don Mckinnon at the commonwealth law ministers conference last year.
Besides India, the group comprises Austrlia, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, Singapore and South Africa.
The group was asked to develop principles of good practices of governance, improving relations among executive, legislature and judiciary and to promote good governance, rule of law and human rights.
Bureau Report
In his remarks at the meeting, Jaitley urged the commonwealth member countries to preserve the independence of judiciary by ensuring security of tenure of judicial officers and make their appointment through a clearly defined and publicly declared process.
The group was constituted by the commonwealth Secretary General Don Mckinnon at the commonwealth law ministers conference last year.
Besides India, the group comprises Austrlia, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, Singapore and South Africa.
The group was asked to develop principles of good practices of governance, improving relations among executive, legislature and judiciary and to promote good governance, rule of law and human rights.
Bureau Report