The judges Code

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Judiciary and Tribunals, Issue: Independence of Judiciary

Context: A Calcutta High Court Judge resigned to join a political party.

Key principles guiding judicial conduct:

• Concerns about judicial propriety, impartiality, institutional integrity, and independence.
• These values are foundational to judicial independence and are outlined in the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct.
• The principles stress the importance of maintaining the dignity of the judicial office and ensuring impartiality and independence.
• Judges should restrain personal biases through education, training, and humility.
• Judges must exhibit inner strength to maintain judicial integrity.
• While judges may not need to make great sacrifices, they must engage in daily acts of self-denial to uphold their duties.

Source: Indian Express