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Judicial Accountability Bill in next session
The Centre on Monday said it is hoping to get the Judicial Accountability Bill, aimed at dealing with complaints of the public against judges among other things, passed in the winter session of Parliament.
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said it is
hoping to get the Judicial Accountability Bill, aimed at
dealing with complaints of the public against judges among
other things, passed in the winter session of Parliament.
"We are preparing the Judicial Accountability Bill and if it is possible, we would like to get it passed in the next session of Paraliament," Law Minister Salman Khurshid said here.
He said government will try to discuss some important points of electoral reforms and pass it in Parliament in a stipulated time period. The Union Cabinet had passed Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010, on October 5, 2010, which will subject judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to the scrutiny of a high-level committee and those facing serious charges of misconduct may be asked to step down.
The bill provides for setting up of a five-member Oversight Committee to be headed by a former Chief Justice of India and will include the Attorney General to go into complaints against the members of the higher judiciary.
Other members of the apex committee would be a Supreme Court judge, the Chief Justice of a High Court and an eminent person nominated by the President. The bill, which seeks to replace the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, while retaining its basic features, will be introduced in Parliament amid growing instances of allegations of misconduct against judges.
The bill has provision for setting up of Scrutiny Committees to which the cases will be referred by the Oversight Committee.
PTI
"We are preparing the Judicial Accountability Bill and if it is possible, we would like to get it passed in the next session of Paraliament," Law Minister Salman Khurshid said here.
He said government will try to discuss some important points of electoral reforms and pass it in Parliament in a stipulated time period. The Union Cabinet had passed Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010, on October 5, 2010, which will subject judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to the scrutiny of a high-level committee and those facing serious charges of misconduct may be asked to step down.
The bill provides for setting up of a five-member Oversight Committee to be headed by a former Chief Justice of India and will include the Attorney General to go into complaints against the members of the higher judiciary.
Other members of the apex committee would be a Supreme Court judge, the Chief Justice of a High Court and an eminent person nominated by the President. The bill, which seeks to replace the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, while retaining its basic features, will be introduced in Parliament amid growing instances of allegations of misconduct against judges.
The bill has provision for setting up of Scrutiny Committees to which the cases will be referred by the Oversight Committee.
PTI