“The behaviour and conduct of members of the higher judiciary must reaffirm the people’s faith in the impartiality of the judiciary. Any act of a Judge of the SC or a HC, whether in official or personal capacity, which erodes the credibility of this perception has to be avoided.”
Quoted from “Restatement of Values of Judicial Life (1999) – CODE OF JUDICIAL ETHICS”
Clause 8 reads: “A judge shall not enter into public debate or express his views in public on political matters....”
Arun Mishra publicity praised PM Narendra Modi
Clause 8 reads: “A judge shall not enter into public debate or express his views in public on political matters....”
Arun Mishra publicity praised PM Narendra Modi
Four senior most judges of the Indian Supreme Court held an press conference - a first in Indian Judicial history. One of the major contentions was that the then CJI was allocating politically sensitive cases involving BJP leaders only to benches led by Arun Mishra
And Arun Mishra was influencing the formation of benches, which is, technically, the domain of the CJI
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