Government Silence on Judicial Reforms

• Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did not specify the government’s stance on legislative reforms regarding the Supreme Court’s in-house procedure to address judicial misconduct.

• Meghwal only described existing rules and regulations for the removal of judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts.

• He did not speak on the need for reforms.

• For Judges of the High Court, Article 217(1)(b) stipulates that a judge may be removed from his office by the President in the manner provided for in clause (4) of Article 124 for the removal of a Judge of the Supreme Court.