The Union Government will come out with a Bill to prevent tainted lawyers by becoming judges, Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily said.
He said a Bill on Standard and Accountability for judges, to replace the Judges Act of 1968, would be introduced in the Budget Session of Parliament.
Mr Moily was speaking after inaugurating a three-day Global Consultative Meeting on The Right of Health: A Fundamental Human Right for Health and Medical Care initiated by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
He said the Bill was prepared after extensive consultation and aimed at removing the perception that judiciary was corrupt.
A Bill on HIV, ensuring Human Rights for HIV positive people, their rehabilitation and preventing harassment would also be introduced in the budget session of Parliament. However, Mr Moily declined to divulge the highlights of the Bill.
The bill was long pending and after much effort it has come before a Committee which is expected to submit its report to the Cabinet within 10 days. Once the bill was cleared by the Cabinet it would introduced in the Parliament, he added.
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