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No compromise on the integrity of judges: CJI
New Delhi, Nov 26: Asking courts to maintain the integrity of the justice dispensation process, Chief Justice of India V N Khare today firmly declared that judicial office was essentially a public trust and there could be no compromise on the integrity and impartiality of the person holding such office.
New Delhi, Nov 26: Asking courts to maintain the
integrity of the justice dispensation process, Chief Justice
of India V N Khare today firmly declared that judicial office
was essentially a public trust and there could be no
compromise on the integrity and impartiality of the person
holding such office.
Speaking at the law day function organised by the Supreme
Court Bar Association in the precincts of the apex court,
justice Khare said "judicial office is essentially a public
trust" and enumerated the fundamental principles that a judge
should keep in mind after being elevated to the post.
"Society is entitled to expect that a judge must be a man of high integrity, honesty and required to have more vigour, ethical firmness or venial influences," he said.
"Any conduct, which tends to undermine public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judge, would be deleterious to the efficacy of judicial process. There cannot be any compromise on these fundamentals," Justice Khare said.
He said an onerous duty has been cast on the courts to protect the integrity of the judicial process which required that stringent standards be imposed upon the administration of justice.
"A judge is always a judge and he cannot have a split personality with different traits at different times. All actions of a judge must be judicious in character," he added.
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"Society is entitled to expect that a judge must be a man of high integrity, honesty and required to have more vigour, ethical firmness or venial influences," he said.
"Any conduct, which tends to undermine public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judge, would be deleterious to the efficacy of judicial process. There cannot be any compromise on these fundamentals," Justice Khare said.
He said an onerous duty has been cast on the courts to protect the integrity of the judicial process which required that stringent standards be imposed upon the administration of justice.
"A judge is always a judge and he cannot have a split personality with different traits at different times. All actions of a judge must be judicious in character," he added.
Bureau Report