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THEN WHY THIS SO CALLED SECURITY? "CLASSIFIED INFORMATION KEPT BY THE GOVT. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FOR MONITORING AND PROFILING JUDGES AND THEIR FAMILIES and all in the name of "SECURITY"."
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So that idea of post retirement interest can be refreshed in the minds of judges. So that the "darlings" and "yes men" among the judges can be identified. In lieu of post retirement "benefits" these judges can offer favourable judgments and in return be posted as heads of tribunals, commissions, governors etc. It is not without a reason that Supreme Court judges in USA are appointed for life.
This is how a backdoor nexus between legislature, executive and judiciary is created. When this nexus is created the citizens can say goodbye to justice and liberty. It is high time these post retirement interests of judges are eliminated in interest of justice and liberty of people of this country.
This is one such example of post retirement benefit:
SC judge gets tribunal job before retirement
Posted: Tue Apr 19 2011, 03:35 hrs New Delhi:
The Union Ministry of Water Resources has appointed a sitting judge of the Supreme Court as chairman of the Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal.
What, however, is unusual about the appointment is the fact that the judge, Justice Mukundakam Sharma, will be able to take up the job full-time only after four months — he retires on September 18.
While the gazette notification issued on March 30 is silent on when Sharma will take over, sources in the ministry said till his retirement, the judge will perform both the jobs — adjudicating cases in the Supreme Court as well as chairing meetings of the water tribunal.
After his retirement, he will take over as chairman full-time. Terming the appointment as “something that should have been avoided”, former chief justice of India J S Verma said, “Though it is not illegal, to my mind, it is certainly questionable. I have always held that sitting judges should not accept any government office till their retirement. If they do accept any such offices, the public may lose faith in judiciary’s independence. Will not the judge handle cases involving the government till his retirement?”
Incidentally, on Saturday, delivering the 5th M C Setalvad Memorial Lecture on judicial ethics, Chief Justice S H Kapadia had asked the political class not to protect corrupt judges while at the same time asking the judges not to accept patronage.
On the issue of conduct of judges, Kapadia had said, “... The judge should not accept patronage through which he acquires office, preferential treatment or pre-retirement assignments. These can give rise to corruption if and when quid pro quo makes a demand on such judges."
Despite attempts, it could not be verified if Justice Sharma’s appointment had been cleared by the CJI as is normally done in most such appointments.
Constituted in December 2009 under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, the three-member Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal is tasked with the job of adjudicating the water dispute between Orissa and Andhra Pradesh pertaining to the Vansadhara. The constitution of the Tribunal was ordered by the Supreme Court on February 6, 2009.
Source: https://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-judge-gets-tribunal-job-before-retirement/778019/2
