In what could be seen as vital information revealed by Regulation Ministry within the Lok Sabha, the workplace of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) has obtained 8,360 complaints in opposition to sitting judges within the final decade. Union Regulation Ministry revealed these figures within the parliament on Friday.
The knowledge was given in response to a query posed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Member of Parliament (MP) Matheswaran VS. The MP had requested for a listing of complaints relating to corruption, sexual misconduct or different severe impropriety obtained in opposition to judges of the Excessive Courts or the Supreme Court docket.
Based mostly on information obtained from the Supreme Court docket, the Minister of State for Regulation and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal submitted a written response stating that 8,360 complaints had been obtained between 2016-2025. The best variety of such complaints had been reported in 2024 at 1,170, adopted by 1,102 in 2025 whereas in 2020 solely 518 such complaints had been registered.
Matheswaran additionally requested if any motion was taken on these complaints. Nevertheless, the Regulation Ministry’s response didn’t handle that facet. It additionally didn’t reveal why there was no file of motion taken on complaints.
One other query raised was whether or not the Central authorities was conscious of any mechanism utilized by the Supreme Court docket to take care of data or database of complaints relating to corruption, sexual misconduct or different severe impropriety obtained in opposition to judges of the Excessive Courts or the Supreme Court docket.
The reply merely acknowledged that the Chief Justice of India and Chief Justices of Excessive Courts are competent to obtain complaints in opposition to judges as per the “in-house process”. Complaints in opposition to members of the upper judiciary obtained by way of the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) or in every other type are forwarded to the CJI or the involved Excessive Court docket Chief Justice, the response acknowledged.
The Minister additionally didn’t reply to Matheswaran’s query on whether or not the federal government proposes to concern pointers or take steps to make sure systematic recording, monitoring and accountability of complaints in opposition to members of the upper judiciary.
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