Government receives complaints in opposition to serving, retired judges generally: Kiren Rijiju
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NEW DELHI: The laws ministry receives complaints regarding serving and retired judges generally nevertheless it is concerned solely with appointment and restore circumstances of serving members of the higher judiciary, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju educated Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
He was responding to the question “whether as per the Union minister for Law and Justice, a few former judges of the Supreme Court are part of an anti-India gang”.
The minister was moreover requested to reveal the provision of the info and whether or not or not in view of nationwide security, the federal authorities has educated the chief justice of India and the Union dwelling ministry.
While throughout the English mannequin of the written reply, Rijiju has not given a direct response to the 4 sub-questions, throughout the Hindi mannequin, he replied throughout the damaging.
He responded with “ji nahin” to sub-questions A to D.
“From time to time, complaints are received in the Department of Justice (in the law ministry) against sitting as well as retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. Department of Justice is concerned only with the appointment and service conditions of the sitting judges of the Supreme Court and high courts,” he said.
He moreover said complaints related to the retired judges of the Supreme Court and the extreme courts aren’t handled by the Department of Justice.
Accountability in bigger judiciary is maintained by way of an “in-house mechanism”, he said, recalling that the Supreme Court in its full courtroom docket meeting on May 7, 1997, had adopted two resolutions — one dealing with a restatement of values of judicial life and the other with in-house course of for taking applicable remedial movement in opposition to judges who do not adjust to universally accepted values of judicial life.
As per the established “in-house mechanism” for the higher judiciary, the chief justice of India is competent to acquire complaints in opposition to the conduct of judges of the Supreme Court and the chief justices of the extreme courts.
Similarly, the chief justices of the extreme courts are competent to acquire complaints in opposition to the conduct of extreme courtroom docket judges.
“The complaints/representations received by the Department of Justice are forwarded to the Chief Justice of India or to the chief justice of the concerned high courts, as the case may be, for appropriate action,” he said.
NEW DELHI: The laws ministry receives complaints regarding serving and retired judges generally nevertheless it is concerned solely with appointment and restore circumstances of serving members of the higher judiciary, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju educated Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
He was responding to the question “whether as per the Union minister for Law and Justice, a few former judges of the Supreme Court are part of an anti-India gang”.
The minister was moreover requested to reveal the provision of the info and whether or not or not in view of nationwide security, the federal authorities has educated the chief justice of India and the Union dwelling ministry.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
While throughout the English mannequin of the written reply, Rijiju has not given a direct response to the 4 sub-questions, throughout the Hindi mannequin, he replied throughout the damaging.
He responded with “ji nahin” to sub-questions A to D.
“From time to time, complaints are received in the Department of Justice (in the law ministry) against sitting as well as retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. Department of Justice is concerned only with the appointment and service conditions of the sitting judges of the Supreme Court and high courts,” he said.
He moreover said complaints related to the retired judges of the Supreme Court and the extreme courts aren’t handled by the Department of Justice.
Accountability in bigger judiciary is maintained by way of an “in-house mechanism”, he said, recalling that the Supreme Court in its full courtroom docket meeting on May 7, 1997, had adopted two resolutions — one dealing with a restatement of values of judicial life and the other with in-house course of for taking applicable remedial movement in opposition to judges who do not adjust to universally accepted values of judicial life.
As per the established “in-house mechanism” for the higher judiciary, the chief justice of India is competent to acquire complaints in opposition to the conduct of judges of the Supreme Court and the chief justices of the extreme courts.
Similarly, the chief justices of the extreme courts are competent to acquire complaints in opposition to the conduct of extreme courtroom docket judges.
“The complaints/representations received by the Department of Justice are forwarded to the Chief Justice of India or to the chief justice of the concerned high courts, as the case may be, for appropriate action,” he said.
