After retirement, judges who dip the pole or take the post of government inappropriate: CJI | Bharat News
New Delhi: Justice Abhijeet Ganguly of Calcutta HC made a swipe to judges resigned in elections to take government posts last year, or after retirement, CJI Bra Gawai said that such decisions can increase “important moral concerns” and reduce public trust in the integrity of the judiciary.Giving a lecture at a round table organized by the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday evening, CJI Gavai said, “If a judge makes another appointment with the government immediately after retirement, or resigns from the bench to contest elections, it raises important moral concerns and invites public investigation.”He said, “The judge contesting elections for a political office may have doubts about the freedom and fairness of the judiciary, as it can be seen as a conflict of interest or as an attempt to gain favor with the government,” he said.Justice Gawai said, “The time and nature of post -retirement engagement can reduce public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary, as it could create a perception that the judicial decision was influenced by the future government’s appointments or the possibility of political participation,” said Juidity Gawai.Justice Gawai said, “Accepting this tradition of judges, accepting post-assignments, roles and positions after retirement from the government, Justice Gavai said,” In its light, in its light, many of my colleagues and I have publicly pledged to not accept any post-review roles or positions from the government.The first of the SC judges who accepted the post of Governorship was Justice S Fazal Ali, who was appointed as the Governor of Orissa (now Odisha), was announced by the Jawaharlal Nehru government in 1952 when he was still a judge of the Supreme Court. It raised moral issues in legal circles. Since then, many SC judges – Fatthima Biwi, P Sathsivam and S Abdul Nazir – have accepted the posts of Gubarentorial after retirement.Justice Ganguly’s politics was dramatic soon after resigning from Calcutta HC and contesting on BJP ticket as he had cast a judicial TMC government in several cases including recruitment scam of teachers. But there were many such examples involving SC judges.A lot of judicial Justice VR Krishna Iyer inspired the politician-prose-politician associated with the politician. Justice Baharul Islam, an out and out Congressman was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1962 and unsuccessfully contested the Assam assembly elections in 1968. Islam in 1972. Nine months after his retirement, the Indira Gandhi government appointed him as a SC judge. He resigned in 1983 to contest the election for the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat in favor of Bihar Com Jagannath Mishra in a corruption case. When the elections were held in the elections, the Congress chose him for the Rajya Sabha in 1983.Even Justice KS Hegde was a Congressman and was re -elected to RS in 1952 for a two -year term and then in 1954. In 1957, he resigned to become a judge of Mysore HC in 1967 and became an SC judge in 1967. He resigned independently with Justice in 1973.Hegde won from Bangalore North Constitution on a Janata Party ticket in 1977 and became the President of LS. He later joined the BJP and was one of its sub-presidents till 1980-86. He failed in the 1984 LS elections. There are several former judges of SC and HCs who accept Govt roles or positions after retirement. Some laws require judges of the retired constitutional court for the head of some institutions.Justice M Thipse, Vijay Bahuguna, M Ram Joise, Rajinder Sachar were drowned in politics after retiring as HC judges. Former CJI Ranganath Mishra became NHRC chief and then selected for RS on a Congress ticket. East-CJI Ranjan Gogoi was nominated for Rs.
