Accountability in increased judiciary is maintained via an in-house mechanism: Law Minister

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Accountability in increased judiciary is maintained via “in-house mechanism,” Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju has just lately mentioned in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

During the final 5 years, 1631 complaints have been obtained within the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) on the functioning of the judiciary together with judicial corruption and forwarded to the CJI/Chief Justice of High Courts, respectively, as per the process established underneath “in-house mechanism.”

As per the established “In-house process’ for the Higher Judiciary, the Chief Justice of India is competent to obtain complaints in opposition to the conduct of Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justices of the High Courts. 

Similarly, the Chief Justices of the High Courts are competent to obtain complaints in opposition to the conduct of High Court Judges.The complaints/representations obtained are forwarded to the Chief Justice of India or to the Chief Justice of the involved High Court, because the case could also be, for applicable motion.

The Supreme Court of India, in its full Court assembly on May 7, 1997, adopted two Resolutions specifically ‘The Restatement of Values of Judicial Life” which lays down certain judicial standards and principles to be observed and followed by the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts and “in-house procedure’ for taking appropriate remedial motion in opposition to judges who don’t observe universally accepted values of
Judicial life together with these included within the Restatement of Values of judicial life.