PROCESS TO IMPEACH MEMBERS OF THE HIGHER JUDICIARY

Procedure for impeachment Impeachment is a lengthy parliamentary process to examine the alleged misconduct or incapacity by a public servant before the person is sacked. The legal framework for impeachment of a Supreme Court or High Court judge is provided under Articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution. A detailed procedure for removal is specified under the Judges Inquiry Act 1968. Articles 124(4) and (5) provide that a Supreme Court judge can be removed from office only through impeachment by Parliament on proven grounds of misbehaviour or incapacity. The impeachment resolution shall be passed by a special majority of two-third after a thorough inquiry into the allegations against the judge.

their slaughter. "Cows should be declared the national animal, and cow protection should be a fundamental right of Hindus because when the culture and faith of the country are hurt, the country becomes weak," he had said creating a flutter across the political and judicial spectra.