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NEW DELHI: After introducing a new method of performance appraisal of IAS officers, the government has decided to enact a law to ensure accountability of judges and discipline the erring judicial officers, as part of its efforts to reform the administration. The new law will be framed by making certain amendments in the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968, official sources said here today, adding the process for its enactment will start soon. The law will have a provision for investigation by a committee of judges in the cases of complaints against a judicial officer, they said. Under the new law, a judge, against whom prima facie evidence of some illegal act is found, would be asked not to attend courts, pending inquiry, the sources said. If a judge is found guilty, he will be asked to put in his papers failing which he would be removed, they said. The draft of the amendment will soon be circulated among the members of the Cabinet, opposition leaders and the Chief Justice of India. The Act will make it easier to take action against a judge found guilty. At present, a complex and long-drawn process of impeachment is required to remove such a judge.- PTI
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