The Centre is planning to bring a Bill in the forthcoming session of the Parliament that will ensure that no tainted judges are allowed to continue. Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said in Bangalore that the government is planning to table the Judicial Accountability and Standard Bill-2009 in the forthcoming session. It will replace the Judges Inquiry Act of 1968. The Bill aims at ensuring accountability and standard among the judiciary and ensures that no tainted judges are allowed to continue. He said, there is a perception doing the round that the judiciary is corrupt.<br/>The Minister said, the Centre is also planning to introduce a Bill aimed at preventing discrimination of HIV patients. The bill, which is likely to be introduced in the budget session of the Parliament, has been a long pending Bill. He said, there have been so many contradictions and different views and now all these have been sorted out and deliberated.
News On AIR | February 16, 2010 1:40 PM
No tainted judges allowed to continue: Moily