"If I Am Prima Facie Satisfied, I Will Request The Judge To Resign"
New CJI G.B. Pattanaik spoke to Bhavdeep Kang on judicial accountability and the recent allegations of misconduct against HC judges
You and your predecessors have expressed concern over judicial corruption.
What action can be taken in such a case?
Isn't impeachment too involved a process, as we have seen in the Ramaswami case?
Do you feel the need for a special body to investigate complaints against judges?
What about the proposal for a National Judicial Commission?
What action is proposed, apart from transfer, in the Punjab Public Service Commission scandal and the Jaipur sexual harassment case?
How about the Karnataka case, with allegations of misconduct against three high court judges?
What mechanism do you have for an in-house inquiry?
But, in that case, everything is decided by the collegium in a closed chamber!
Some feel the judiciary is encroaching on executive function.
Some favour restoration of the executive's primacy in judicial appointments.
Does the higher judiciary enjoy financial autonomy?
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