Justice P Krishna Bhat from the Karnataka High Court, who retired this week, has made a drastic suggestion that judges, Lokayuktas and other high -ranking officials must be subject to the Narco analysis test if there are accusations that were made against them.
Judge Bhat spoke at the farewell held for him at the High Court on Thursday. Judge Bhat spoke at the farewell held for him at the High Court on Thursday.
This might seem unreasonable and drastic. Judges, court officers and other high -ranking officials such as Lokayukta/UPA Lokayukta, etc., must offer themselves for the Narco analysis test, “the judge said.
This must be applied when the accusation is made against the judge and if there is a feeling that complaints are motivated and wrong even then the complainant must undergo the test.
Judge Bhat offers this as a solution for complaints sometimes hear that the judge during the probation and promotion provides the assessment that is ordered to them. “Such a situation has caused countless damage to functionalist credibility in particular and institutions in general.”
In his speech, Judge Bhat also touched the issue of judicial independence. He said excessive compliance with the protocol was a pride that the judge had to avoid. He quoted an example of a high court judge who wrote to the chairman of the judge to take action against the district judge because the latter did not accept it personally at the airport.
Such judges make themselves unfit to hold public positions. Such arrogance damages the independence of the judiciary, “said justice. After serving in the bar in various courts in Mangaluru from 1989, Judge Bhat began practice at the Karnataka High Court in 1998.
He was recruited as a district judge and session and served in the Rural District of Bidar, Tumkur, Raichur, Belagavi and Bengaluru. He then served as registrar and Director of the Judicial Academy Karnataka before he took over as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on May 21, 2020 and as a permanent judge on September 25, 2021.
Speaking on that occasion, Judge Bhat discussed questions that were often quoted about judicial independence. “In my opinion, the threat to judicial independence is a myth. Judicial independence is realized by individual judges who remain independent, “he said.
This can be achieved by the judge to internalize certain values and virtues. The judge who is a hermit who made an independent justice, “he said quoting the former Chief Justice of India, Judge Venkataramahaah. Judge Bhat also spoke about the abuse of power by judges in high places. Judge Bhat also spoke about the abuse of power by judges in high places.
If the descendants of the court judges are the most superior in the country calling on court officials at their residence with the perpetrators who are eager behind them with efforts to pass the slip and afterwards, drop their names with a little protection, then there is a serious problem for judicial independence, “He said.