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Moily
assures of steps to make judges more accountable
Saturday November 27, 2010 09:22:05 PM ,
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New Delhi:
A day after the Supreme Court slammed some judges of the Allahabad
High Court for nepotism and corruption, union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the government will take steps to
make judges more accountable.
Moily was reacting to the order of the apex court bench of Justice
Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra wherein it questioned
the integrity of some judges of the high court who passed orders
on "extraneous considerations".
The apex bench slammed the high court for passing "shocking and
outrageous" orders on "extraneous considerations" that shake the
faith of the common man in judicial functioning.
Asking the chief justice of high court to take some strong
measures for "house cleaning", the apex court said that the kith
and kin of some judges were "shamelessly" taking advantage of
their relationship and enjoying luxurious life.
The court said: "We are sorry to say but a lot of complaints are
coming against certain judges of the Allahabad High Court relating
to their integrity."
"Some judges have their kith and kin practicing in the same court,
and within a few years of starting practice, the sons and
relations of judges have become multi-millionaire, have huge bank
balances, luxurious cars, huge houses and are enjoying luxurious
life," the apex court said.
The court's stinging censure of the high court came in the wake a
single judge's direction to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf
Board to allot waqf land to Raja Khan for running a circus and
swings in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh.
This order of the single judge was set aside by a division bench
of the high court. Khan then challenged the division bench's order
in the apex court.
The apex court said that the interim order of the single judge of
the high court were passed on "extraneous considerations".
Apart from facing criticism from Justice Katju and Justice Misra,
the high court was also singled out by Chief Justice of India S.H.
Kapadia for its huge backlog of cases.
Every fourth case pending in the high courts is in the Allahabad
high court, the chief justice said at a function to celebrate the
National Law Day in the apex court Friday.
The chief justice said that out of the total 40 lakh cases pending
in various high courts, the Allahabad High Court accounted for
9.63 lakh cases.
He said the backlog was because frivolous litigation was being
entertained in the high court.
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