There have been as many as 1,631 complaints about the functioning of the judiciary, including judicial corruption, and such complaints have been forwarded to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and Chief Justices of the concerned high courts following an “in-house” mechanism, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Answering separate queries, Mr. Rijiju also informed the House that the government had appointed 27 women judges out of the 39 recommended by the Supreme Court collegium and that there is no proposal to increase the number of of judges of the top court from its current sanctioned strength of 34.
Responding to a written question from DMK’s S Gnanathiraviam and BSP’s Malook Nagar on whether or not there has been increase in instances of judicial corruption, Mr Rijiju said, “During last 5 years (from 01.01.2017 to 31.12.2021), 1,631 complaints were received in the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) on the functioning of the judiciary including judicial corruption and [these were] forwarded to the CJI/Chief Justice of High Courts, respectively, as per the procedure established under “in-house mechanism”.
