An Article on Judicial Well Being: A Brief Analysis on Prospectus and Challenges Faced by the District Judiciary
Author : Dr. Bommathi Bhavani and Goolla Neha
Abstract :
The Judge job is considered as sacred on one side, on other side, they have to lead their life in isolation, by sacrificing friends, relatives, near and dear, even they cannot maintain proximity with anyone, sometimes with own family members. Even after sacrifice of everything, the parties who are not satisfied with the Judgments, orders of the Judges files frivolous, vexatious complainant with baseless, concocted, absurd allegation, which are causing mental agony, stigma to the officers. If the judicial officer is of thin skin, the false allegations are leading to mental trauma, which reflects on their health. Further, the colleagues of the judicial department treat the judges as untouchable on whom allegations aroused, there is no grievance cell for the judicial officers to express their problems faced in their judicial functioning. All India judges associations and state judges association are not open to listen the grievance of judicial officers, even their no forum to file their grievances. In such situations, how the judge can be fearless in performing his/her duties. This articles focused on issues facing by the judges in their judicial functioning and suggested recommendations for judicial wellbeing.
Keywords :
Nauru Declaration on Judicial Well-being, existing stereotypes and stigmatization.
