Wastage of precious hours at Supreme Court
Authorities at Supreme Court and Union government should make it clear if resolutions passed on judicial aspects at international conventions for which India is also signatory are binding to be adopted by Indian judiciary or not.
IT REFERS to now-appointed Justice Sudershan Reddy at Supreme Court holding six-days of hearing in Reliance matter infructous after two judges rescued themselves from hearing the case citing conflict-of-interest. Wastage of precious court-hours was because of non-clarity on conduct-code for judges. Authorities at Supreme Court and Union government should make it clear if resolutions passed on judicial aspects at international conventions for which India is also signatory are binding to be adopted by Indian judiciary or not.
If these are not binding, then it is senseless to spend hard-earned public-money in making costly trips of judges for such conventions or even hosting like the one in the year 2001, which paved way for United Nations Organisation (UNO) to adopt ‘Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct-2002’ where its clause 2.5 states, “A judge shall disqualify himself from participating in any proceedings in which a judge or a member of the judge’s family has an economic interest in the outcome of the matter in controversy.”
At a time when even the 16-point unanimous resolution ‘Restatement of values of judicial life’ passed by all the Supreme Court judges on May 7, 1997, is now being termed to be ‘voluntary’, it is time that Union government and/or Supreme Court may immediately come out with a binding conduct-code for judges which should also include aspects passed at international conventions where India may be signatory.
At a time when even the 16-point unanimous resolution ‘Restatement of values of judicial life’ passed by all the Supreme Court judges on May 7, 1997, is now being termed to be ‘voluntary’, it is time that Union government and/or Supreme Court may immediately come out with a binding conduct-code for judges which should also include aspects passed at international conventions where India may be signatory.
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