Judging the judges

Regardless of the outcome of the impeachment proceedings against Justice Soumitra Sen, the process highlights the need for a quicker, less cumbersome mechanism for ensuring accountability in the higher judiciary, specifically, to pass the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill presently pending in Parliament. Under the law, an impeachment motion requires the go-ahead from 100 MPs of the Lok Sabha or 50 MPs of the Rajya Sabha.

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