Summary:
The trainee judges had been dismissed in September 2014 by a Full Court of the HC after they were found involved in a drunken brawl at a city resort.The trainee judges had moved the HC challenging their removal from judicial service. The petitions filed by the trainee judges individually were being heard by a two-judge ( division) bench. In his separately written verdict, Justice Kumar said, “A judicial officer is required to maintain high standards of probity, morality and propriety in his judicial duties as well as in personal life. He is required to maintain high standards of conduct.”Since both the judges did not have consensus view, the matter was sent to CJ for nomination of another bench to hear afresh and decide the matter. It is also settled that regular departmental enquiry is not required in each and every case..