JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Abstract

Absolute power given to the judiciary accounts to arbitrary power and action bestowed upon a group of well learned law regulators, the judges. “Power corrupts man and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. The powers and discretions such as contempt of court adds on to the supremacy of the judges. Certain Questions such as the immunity of court and the objections of the citizens against the judicial procedure are stated. The subjectivity of justice and its extensions would be dealt with extensively. There is a firm stance for better transparency in judicial proceedings, its implications and contraventions and the significance of the right to information Act (RTI ACT) as well as the passing of the judicial standard and accounting bill (which has been lapsed therein in 2014) after its predecessor the judge’s inquiry act was superseded and their role in developing better transparency. The role of judicial ethics leads to better judicial function and fixture of its discrepancies. There is need for a national judicial commission to regulate the judicial judgment and arbitrary actions of the judiciary. The need and the effect of arbitration is to supersede the current stance of the judicial framework in force, whereas constraining arbitrary judgments of the judiciary has its own restraints on its unbiased judgment there should be a cord in which a balance should be maintained between independent judgment and its accountability.