I agree with you. It will not be a serious effort since already overworked chief justices are the members of the council and also probably the council has not been given a deadline to meet. Will the chief justices also be doing their day to day court duties?
"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.
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.
Let's see. This council will have the power to send judges on leave if suspected and get inquiries started. Then there will be inquiries all over the place and the judges will keep getting paid. May be in a few years the inquiry results will be available and a few judges may get canned. Will the positions vacated by the judges on leave be filled during this time to take care of lawsuits that keep coming?
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.
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.
Does anybody know what all this means?
Dilip
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It was about time. Even though the patriots might take solace in
better late than never, it does not sound like a move to do a serious
analysis to pinpoint all that ails the judiciary and recommend action
to reform the entire system.
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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 m! onth'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 belitt! ling its international reputation and
importance.
He, however, favoured protection of Waqf properties saying they were
in a "bad shape".
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