Impeachment of Judges: A Theoretical Stroke on Judicial Accountability

Chaudhuri, Sayak

doi:10.2139/ssrn.953237

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Impeachment of Judges: A Theoretical Stroke on Judicial Accountability

Sayak Chaudhuri

West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

December 21, 2006

Abstract:
Impeachment of judges in India is a tricky affair. After the only instance that went all the way to the parliament was foiled, a number of agitations by bar associations for removal of corrupt judges have come a cropper. The present mechanism was set up by the Supreme Court itself against this backdrop, and many other reasons. This study is a theoretical trip on judicial accountability and impeachment of recalcitrant judges.

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Keywords: constitution, judges, impeachment, accountability

JEL Classification: K00

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Date posted: December 22, 2006

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Chaudhuri, Sayak, Impeachment of Judges: A Theoretical Stroke on Judicial Accountability (December 21, 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=953237 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.953237

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