Panel, govt against rash comments by judges

The government appears inclined to accept a controversial recommendation by a parliamentary panel that judges should refrain from making "unwarranted comments" in open court against other constitutional authorities.  The justice department of the law ministry, in its analysis of the report submitted by the parliamentary standing committee for law and justice, on the judicial standards and accountability bill, has supported this recommendation because "unwarranted comments” amount to “misconduct”.

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