Judicial Standards And Accountability Bill

Government focused on judicial reforms in 2012

Judicial reforms were the flavour of the year as the government focused its efforts on bringing a bill on judicial accountability and kept up its plans to change the present system of appointment of judges where the executive has little say. In March, the Lok Sabha passed an ambitious bill to lay judicial standards but despite two sessions of Parliament the bill could not be brought in the Rajya Sabha....  

Bill to bar judges from making unrelated comments

The government is set to retain in Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill the controversial provision that gags judges of higher judiciary from making observation in courts during hearing of cases. Contesting that prohibiting judges from making observations that had no bearing on the case before the court was a gag provision, Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday said the provision was being retained in the Judicial Standards and...  

Media should hold itself back a bit: Khurshid

New Delhi: Media should "hold itself back a bit", says Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, reflecting growing concern over "trial by the media". Arguments are going on in the Supreme Court in the 2G matter and later the same matter gets discussed in TV studios with one particular anchor playing the judge, he told PTI in an interview. "Now two trials cannot go on for the same guy. There will...  

Judges must declare their assets: Bill

New Delhi: A Standing Committee report on the Judicial Accountability Bill was presented in Parliament on Tuesday. According to the Bill, judges should restrain from making unwarranted comments against constitution statutory body while hearing cases. The judgement is regarding the need to change behaviour of judges within the purview of judicial standards. According to the bill, declaration of assets should be made a statutory responsibility of judges. Mechanism to ensure...  

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. Non-gazetted Railway employees to get productivity- linked bonus equivalent of 77 days, Union Cabinet decides. The bill aims at...