This Article is From Jun 26, 2009

Judges not against disclosing assets: Moily

Judges not against disclosing assets: Moily
New Delhi:

Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said that judiciary is not opposed to disclosing assets.

He said that a bill in this regard would be introduced in Parliament.

"The bill to make judges disclose their assets will be introduced in Parliament. We are also working on a law to look into complaints against judges," said Moily.

Moily added that the time taken to dispose of cases is 15 years at present, which will be brought down to three years.

The Law Minister also referred to the hanging of Afzal Guru, saying that the hanging cannot be carried out at the discretion of any political party.

Earlier, on June 5, holding that government and judiciary cannot tell each other "you reform", Moily had said judges have to come out with a solution on the issue of disclosure of their assets.

"There is no point in the government saying 'judiciary you reform'. There is no point in judiciary saying 'government you reform'," he said stressing the need for judicial reforms.

Noting that accountability has to be "built", Moily had said that the issue of corruption needed to be addressed by the judiciary and the government.

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