Justice Kurien Joseph, who is one of the four senior Supreme Court Judges to hold a press conference criticising the CJI over the appointment of judges for certain cases, said that he was not willing to accept any post that may be bestowed by the government after his retirement, the Indian Express reported.
Justice Kurien Joseph, who is one of the four senior Supreme Court Judges to hold a press conference criticising the CJI over the appointment of judges for certain cases, said that he was not willing to accept any post that may be bestowed by the government after his retirement, the Indian Express reported.
Justice Joseph’s remarks come soon after senior SC judge Justice J Chelameswar said that he would not accept any post-retirement job offer from any government.
“I am on record saying it that after my retirement on June 22, I will not seek any appointment from any government.”
According to the report, Justice Joseph also spoke of the two ‘watchdogs’ of democracy, the judiciary and the media. He said that “both the watchdogs have to be vigilant, barking for saving democracy, barking for when the owner’s property is in danger.”
Elaborating on his statement, Justice Joseph said, “B is to alert the owner and if even the barking is not yielding the fruit of catching the attention of the owner and the threat continues, barking dogs will be left with no option but to bite. Such a situation is the exception to the old saying that barking dogs seldom bite.”
Justice Joseph’s remarks come after Justice Chelameswar’s similar remarks on Saturday, where he had said: “None of us are fighting for private property (but for) institutional issues”.
Earlier, stressing on the need to bring more transparency in the appointment process of Supreme Court judges, Justice Chelameswar on Monday said the elevation of the High Court judge to the apex court is done on their impression rather than on their performance.
"An assessment of the performance of a high court judge, I am talking about elevation to the Supreme Court, is hardly done. Generally, the assessment goes by impression," Justice Chelameswar said.
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