Published on: November 03, 2023 at 01:30 IST
Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: Muzaffar Husain V. State of UP (2022)
Honourable Supreme Court of India has held that Judicial Officers must maintenance of high standard of conduct and character. The judicial officers are required to maintain high standard of integrity, honesty and moral vigour. The Judges integrity must be above suspicion.
15. In our opinion, showing undue favour to a party under the guise of passing judicial orders is the worst kind of judicial dishonesty and misconduct. The extraneous consideration for showing favour need not always be a monetary consideration. It is often said that “the public servants are like fish in the water, none can say when and how a fish drank the water”. A judge must decide the case on the basis of the facts on record and the law applicable to the case. If he decides a case for extraneous reasons, then he is not performing his duties in accordance with law. As often quoted, a judge, like Caesar’s wife, must be above suspicion.
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