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The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the judges to live a saintly life. The Supreme Court said that the judges should live a saintly life and work with full hard work and they should avoid the use of social media. The court said that the judges should not express any opinion about the decisions. This oral remark was made by the bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh. The bench was hearing the case related to the dismissal of two women judicial officers by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
‘Judges should avoid using Facebook’
The Supreme Court observed that there is no place for pretentiousness in the judiciary. The bench said, “Judicial officers should avoid using Facebook. They should not comment on judgments, because tomorrow if the judgment is cited, the judge would have already said his point in one form or the other.” The bench said, “This is an open forum. You have to live like a saint, work with full hard work. Judicial officers have to make a lot of sacrifices. They should not use Facebook at all.”
Don’t post work related posts on Facebook.
Senior advocate R. Basant, appearing for one of the sacked women judges, reiterated the bench’s views that no judicial officer or judge should post anything related to judicial work on Facebook. The remark came after senior advocate Gaurav Agrawal, who is amicus curiae, submitted before the bench about various complaints against the sacked woman judge. Agrawal told the bench that the woman judge had also put up a post on Facebook.
The apex court had taken cognizance
On November 11, 2023, the apex court had taken suo motu cognizance of the dismissal of six women civil judges by the state government due to alleged unsatisfactory performance. However, the full court of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on August 1 reconsidered its earlier proposals and decided to reinstate four officers Jyoti Varkade, Ms Sonakshi Joshi, Ms Priya Sharma and Rachna Atulkar Joshi with certain conditions, while the other two Aditi Kumar Sharma and Sarita Chaudhary were excluded from the process. The apex court was considering the cases of judges who joined the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Service in 2018 and 2017 respectively.
