A review of the present system of appointment of judges and exemplary action against corrupt judges will be the focus of judicial reforms of the UPA government, to be carried out in consultation with the higher judiciary.
Adopting a `zero tolerance' policy towards stigmatised judges, the Supreme Court in an emphatic ruling has said that the taint acquired during judgeship will be a big disqualification for the person's post-retirement appointment as head of a tribunal or a commission.
Judiciary opaque, courts trouble; HT, June 5, 2009
Chandigarh, June 4 (IANS) A vigilance department report based on surveillance of suspected extremists that unravelled a murky nexus between touts and judges has landed the Punjab and Haryana High Court in another controversy.
Time for those reforms back in 1993, a public-spirited advocate, Anupam Gupta, hit the headlines for raising the issue of nepotism and corruption in the judiciary.