HYDERABAD, JANUARY 3: A permanent mechanism is needed to keep a check on the behaviour of judges and fix accountability for the country's judiciary, Chairman of Law Commission of India Justice B P Jeevan Reddy said here on Sunday.Delivering the key-note address at a state-level seminar on "Accountability of the Judiciary" organised by the Indian Association of Lawyers (IAL) here, he said that some judges resorted to irregularities for personal benefit eroding the credibility of the entire system.He felt that the impeachment weapon against the erring judges too failed to yield results.The ultimate test of the judges' accountability depended on their sense of public good, commitment to the profession, self-discipline and righteousness.Pointing out that the problem of citing another judge's orders as a precedent has become acute, Justice Jeevan Reddy said that orders cannot be issued blindly and under pressures."There should be no scope for mechanical admissions. Judges should not play to the gallery, get carried away by individual's statements and indulge in personal benevolence," he said.Courts in some northern States were admitting writ petitions as a matter of fact while the situation was better in courts of southern States. This heavy inflow needed to be controlled through proper examination for better functioning of courts.Justice Jeevan Reddy stressed the need for a national judicial commission for appointment and transfer of judges. The judiciary should be given greater representation in the composition of the commission.IAL State council president C Padmanabha Reddy, Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh member B Adinarayana Reddy, and senior advocates M S K Sastry and Bojja Tarakam also spoke.
