"Complaints Are Received Against Judges From Time To Time": Law Minister

Kiren Rijiju said complaints related to the retired judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts are not handled by the Department of Justice.

The law ministry receives complaints regarding serving and retired judges from time to time but it is concerned only with appointment and service conditions of serving members of the higher judiciary, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

He was responding to the question "whether as per the Union minister for Law and Justice, a few former judges of the Supreme Court are part of an anti-India gang".

The minister was also asked to reveal the source of the information and whether in view of national security, the government has informed the chief justice of India and the Union home ministry.

While in the English version of the written reply, Mr Rijiju has not given a direct response to the four sub-questions, in the Hindi version, he replied in the negative.