Judiciary
Justice Gavai slams practice of judges praising politicians https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/justice-gavai-slams-practice-of-judges-praising-politicians-101729363966280.html Delivering an address on the pressing issue of “Trust deficit in the judiciary”, justice Gavai’s speech centred on the foundational principles that safeguard judicial credibility, particularly the doctrine of separation of powers and the conduct expected from judges, which must remain beyond reproach to sustain public trust in the system.
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A LEGACY THAT IS BEST FORGOTTEN Friday 18 October 2024 https://avayshukla.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-legacy-that-is-best-forgotten.html?m=1
Never before had the nation nurtured such high expectations and vested so much hope in an heir apparent to the Chief Justice's chair.
Justice Chandrachud had many opportunities to do the right thing, to restore the autonomy of institutions (appointment of Election Commissioners), to reign in rampaging state governments (the bulldozers of U.P., Nuh and Uttarakhand), to prevent the illegal surveillance of citizens (the Pegasus "inquiry" where the Union govt. dared to tell him that it would not cooperate!), the restoration of statehood (in Jammu and Kashmir), to restore legitimately elected governments brought down by totally illegal means (Maharashtra), to restore faith and credibility in the electoral process (the repeated petitions to return to paper ballots or do a hundred percent verification and matching of VVPATS), to question an unaccountable Election Commission on its dubious actions and decisions ( delay in uploading voter counts, non-issue of Forms 17C, mismatch in the votes cast and votes counted, failure to take action under the Model Code of Conduct against high functionaries of the government). Perhaps the worst of all was that, under his Lordship's watch, thousands of social activists, journalists. dissenters, academics continue to languish in jails without a trial or even bail.
He watched in silence the creeping politicisation of some of the High Courts, their judges openly expressing allegiance to religions, the religious biases in their judgments, judges joining political parties and even standing for elections immediately after retiring, retired judges attending religious conclaves.
WHILE RETIRING, CALCUTTA HC JUDGE SAYS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN RSS MEMBER https://thewire.in/law/while-retiring-calcutta-hc-judge-says-he-has-always-been-an-rss-member 21/May/2024
"Today, I must unfold my true self. I owe a lot to one organisation [RSS]. I am there from my childhood till I attained my youth." “I have distanced myself from the organisation (RSS) for about 37 years due to the work I undertook. I never used the membership of my organisation for any advancement of my career, because that is against our principle. I have treated everybody at par, be it a Communist person, be it a BJP or Congress or even TMC person.
..In October last year, he was part of a bench that issued a code of conduct for adolescent girls to “control their sexual urges” so that they are not deemed a “loser” by society. The Supreme Court had come down heavily on this judgment, saying that “writing such judgments is absolutely wrong”.