As galore arsenic 5 recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium to transportation precocious tribunal judges are pending with the authorities for implicit six months, the Lok Sabha was told connected Friday.
In a written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said arsenic connected November 26, determination are 5 “such” recommendations. He was responding to a question connected the details of Supreme Court Collegium recommendations connected transportation of precocious tribunal judges pending with the authorities for much than six months.
The collegium recommends for the appointment, transportation and elevation of judges to the 25 precocious courts and the apical tribunal which are processed by the cardinal government. The president past issues orders. The curate was besides asked whether the authorities had received immoderate corruption ailment against the erstwhile acting main justness of the Madras High Court from September 2022 to May 2023.
The curate said the complaints received against judges and main justices of precocious courts are handled by the judiciary done an “in-house mechanism”.
As per the established in-house process for the higher judiciary, the main justness of India is the competent authorization to person complaints against the behaviour of SC judges and HC main justices.
Similarly, main justices of the precocious courts person complaints against the behaviour of HC judges. “In presumption of the independency of the judiciary enshrined successful the Constitution of India, the complaints/representations received are forwarded to the CJI oregon to the main justness of the acrophobic HC, arsenic the lawsuit whitethorn be,” helium told the House.