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NEW DELHI: Union instrumentality curate Arjun Ram Meghwal informed Parliament Friday that 8,630 complaints person been received by Chief Justice of India against sitting judges of the Supreme Court and precocious courts since 2016.The frequence of the complaints has accrued successful caller times with 50% of each specified grievances received successful the past 4 years - betwixt 2022 and 2025. According to accusation shared by the apex tribunal with the instrumentality ministry, each 8,630 complaints against judges of the law courts were received betwixt 2016 and 2025.As per the established "in-house procedure" of the Supreme Court to grip complaints against the higher judiciary, the CJI is competent to person complaints against judges of the Supreme Court and main justices of precocious courts.
Similarly, main justices of precocious courts are competent to person complaints against the behaviour of precocious tribunal judges, the instrumentality curate said. The complaints received by govt is besides forwarded to the CJI, oregon the main justices concerned, for further action."Independence of judiciary is enshrined successful the Constitution. The complaints received against judges and main justices of the HCs are handled by the judiciary done an "in-house mechanism," the instrumentality curate said successful a written effect to a question successful Lok Sabha.
The "in-house procedure" comes from 2 resolutions adopted by the SC successful 1997, which provided for "the Restatement of Values of Judicial Life", laying down definite judicial standards and principles to beryllium observed and followed by the judges of the apex tribunal and HCs. "The in-house process besides provides for taking suitable remedial measures against judges who bash not travel the universally accepted values of judicial life, including those successful the restatement of values of judicial life." Govt besides receives complaints done its centralised nationalist grievance redress and monitoring system, an online level wherever citizens tin record grievances against immoderate nationalist authorization related to work delivery. This portal is besides linked to each ministries and departments of the cardinal and authorities govts.
