Over 8,600 Complaints Received Against Sitting Judges In Last 10 Years: Centre

Last Updated:February 13, 2026, 19:56 IST

As per the data shared by the Union Minister, the highest number of complaints (1,170) was received in 2024 by the office of the CJI against sitting judges.

The office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) has received 8,630 complaints against sitting judges in the last ten years, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

In a written response to DMK MP Matheswaran VS, who had asked for a list of complaints regarding corruption, sexual misconduct, or other serious impropriety received against judges of the High Courts or the Supreme Court, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said 8,639 complaints have been received against sitting judges between 2016 and 2025.

As per the data shared by the Union Minister, the highest number of complaints (1,170) was received in 2024 by the office of the CJI against sitting judges.

Complaints received against judges and chief justices of the high courts are handled by the judiciary through an “in-house mechanism".

The DMK MP also asked if any action was taken on these complaints. However, the Law Ministry’s response did not address that aspect. It also did not reveal why there was no record of action taken on complaints.

He also asked whether the Central Government has any other mechanism apart from the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System(CPGRAMS) to collect complaints against judges and whether it proposes to issue guidelines to ensure such complaints are systematically recorded and monitored to ensure accountability.

To this, Meghwal responded that the Chief Justice of India receives the complaint against sitting judges of the Supreme Court through the Court’s ‘In-house procedure’. Similarly, the Chief Justice of the High Court is competent to receive complaints against the sitting judges of the concerned High Court.

He recalled that in May 1997, the Supreme Court adopted two resolutions — “The Restatement of Values of Judicial Life", which lays down certain judicial standards and principles to be observed and followed by SC and HC judges; and “In-house Procedure", which takes suitable remedial measure against judges who do not follow the universally accepted values of judicial life including those in the “Restatement of Values of Judicial Life".

According to the established in-house procedure for the higher judiciary, the CJI is competent to receive complaints against SC judges and chief justices of the high courts.

Similarly, chief justices of high courts are competent to receive complaints against the conduct of the high court judges.

Complaints against members of the higher judiciary received on the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) or in any other form are forwarded to the CJI or chief justices of high courts competent to receive such complaints, he explained.

(With inputs from agencies)

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