We should at least have Public Confirmation hearings like in the US. In the Senate Judicial Committee, you have hearings where any public citizen can give evidence about the background of a judge that has bearing on their appointment. This is being fiercely resisted here.
We need an independent Judicial Appointments Commission, which is independent and works full time, and follows some systems and procedures. Eligibility lists should be prepared and comparative merits debated and evaluated. You can’t just pick judges arbitrarily, and let people know about it only after the deed is done.
Contempt of Court Act should be suitably amended.
Veeraswamy judgment, which ordered no criminal investigation can be done against a judge without prior written permission of the CJI.
The problem is that there is no independent institution for entertaining complaints and taking action against judges. There has to be a National Judicial Complaints Commission — independent of the government and judiciary.
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- http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne050909half_of.asp
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