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National Judicial Council on the anvil
PTI[ SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005 07:28:32 PM ]
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LUCKNOW: Government on Saturday said it will soon set up a National Judicial Council, headed by the Chief Justice of India, to make the judiciary more accountable.
"The proposed council with statutory powers would be recommending action to the President of India after finding the charges as correct against judges in their inquiry," Union law and justice minister Hansraj Bhardwaj said.
"The council, which could take final shape in a month's time, will have three sitting judges of the Supreme Court and three Chief Justices of High Courts and have powers to send judges on leave pending inquiry," he said.
To a question, Bharadwaj said a proposal to redefine contempt of court when truth or public interest was involved was also being debated by a parliamentary committee.
The law minister, who was here to attend a programme of the legal cell of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, justified government's action of rejecting the Phukan commission report giving a clean chit to former Defence Minister George Fernandes saying it had touched on deals of pre-George period and left matters concerning the Tehelka expose untouched.
To a question on the ongoing tussle over the alleged ownership of the monument of love, Taj Mahal, he said it was being looked after by the ASI as per the laws and raking a controversy on the great monumnet would amount to belittling its international reputation and importance.
He, however, favoured protection of Waqf properties saying they were in a "bad shape".
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