Cabinet approves judicial accountability bill

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 on Tuesday.

A five-member oversight committee, headed by a former Chief Justice of India, to be formed as part of the Judicial Standards and Accontablity Bill approved by the cabinet, will look into complaints of misconduct by judges.

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The bill aims at laying down judicial standards and establishing a mechanism to deal with complaints of misbehavior or incapacity of a judge of the SC or HC.

The bill aims at laying down judicial standards and establishing a mechanism to deal with complaints of misbehavior or incapacity of a judge of the Supreme Court or High Court. The Bill also proposes to make provisions for declaration of assets and liabilities of judges. Complaints would be referred to a scrutiny committee if found merit would be forwarded to a Judicial Oversight Committee which after investigating would refer to the President for action .

The bill proposes that a judge can be warned, taken off work, censured or admonished, depending upon the misconduct.

The proposed bill seeks to replace the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968.

(With inputs from PTI)

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