Justice Oka: There are also unscrupulous complaints against judicial officers and also makes it viral on social media. My brother Justice Hrishikesh Roy in an interview said why protection is given to judges. If judges have to work without fear or favour they need that protection. The judicial officer who enters the system is also a human being and if he faces such repeated complaints it is bound to affect him since such complaints go viral on social media.
Justice Oka: if judge goes by social media or media pressure then what they will grant is moral conviction.
Justice Oka: every citizen can criticize a judgment but then critique should be on legal grounds.
Justice Oka; media trial and comments of media on pending cases is one reason why reliability of justice system is affected.
#BREAKING Justice Oka: we have situations where a chief minister makes a statement that the accused will be hanged when investigation is underway. This puts some pressure on judicial officers. This is also because of the retributive theory and whether there should be death penalty or not the sessions judge should decide. No one else.
Justice Oka: we have to see if lawyers are officers of the court of mouthpiece of client. There must be collaborative effort to ensure better quality of justice. If there is certainty of collegium recommendations being cleared then more such officers of court will join the bench.
Justice Oka: Regarding trial court and district court there are no constitutional protections which constitutional court judges have. Why is that protection given.... so that judges are fiercely independent. Those judges working without fear and favour will always need support of the bar. We just cannot go by aberrations of some judicial officers.
Justice Oka: As a judge of the constitutional court there is restraint on what I can speak. I hope you all can fill in the gaps.
Justice Oka: Today our judiciary is dealing with a crisis of huge pendency. One year back Supreme Court had devised guidelines to reduce pendency in trial courts. SC judges are overlooking the implementation of the guidelines. We have our backs to the wall and thus not able to handle new challenges
On whether collegium is at all needed now with lack of diversity bring represented:
Justice Oka: No system can be perfect and no institution can be perfect. If you start talking about getting rid of it, you have to start with having an alternative institution which is better than this one.
Justice Oka: No system can be perfect and no institution can be perfect. If you start talking about getting rid of it, you have to start with having an alternative institution which is better than this one.
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