Are Few Former SC Judges Part Of Anti-India Gang? Union Law Minister Replies | India News

New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry receives complaints relating to serving and retired judges sometimes however it’s involved solely with appointment and repair circumstances of serving members of the upper judiciary, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has mentioned in Rajya Sabha. Rijiju mentioned this on Thursday whereas responding to the query “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?” 

Law Minister Replies In Rajya Sabha

The Union Law Minister was additionally requested to disclose the supply of the knowledge and whether or not in view of nationwide safety, the federal government has knowledgeable the chief justice of India and the Union Home Ministry. While within the English model of the written reply, Rijiju has not given a direct response to the 4 sub-questions, within the Hindi model, he replied within the destructive. 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 mentioned. He additionally mentioned complaints associated to the retired judges of the Supreme Court and the excessive courts should not dealt with by the Department of Justice. 

In-House Mechanism in SC For Remedial Action 

Accountability in increased judiciary is maintained via an “in-house mechanism”, he mentioned, recalling that the Supreme Court in its full courtroom assembly on May 7, 1997, had adopted two resolutions – one coping with the restatement of values of judicial life and the opposite with in-house process for taking appropriate remedial motion in opposition to judges who don’t observe universally accepted values of judicial life.

As per the established “in-house mechanism” for the upper 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 excessive courts. Similarly, the chief justices of the excessive courts are competent to obtain complaints in opposition to the conduct of excessive courtroom 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 mentioned.