Judicial Ethics in India

Introduction:
Popularly acclaimed as the Father of
India, Mahatma Gandhi believed in collective
development against individual growth which
was not only evident from his principles and
ethics, but his way of life. Keeping the aforesaid
in mind, the Constituent Assembly strived for
the establishment of a Democratic Sovereign
independent India, probably the World’s
Largest- a bicameral, multiparty in nature,
comprising of the Legislature, the Executive and
the very Honorable Judiciary. The Constitution
of India promotes independent functioning of the
aforesaid entities and creates scope for collective
growth by provisioning interdependence and
mandating State to maintain it till the end of
time2. Each of these bodies has certain powers,
privileges and a unique way of performance,
thereby contributing to the progress of the
country. And with power comes responsibility,
which is codified either through the medium
of legislations or simple oaths to sternly limit
their potential abilities to disharmonize this
consonance. For assuring loyalty to these
established principles and abide by them until
death seems a big challenge, which in itself, lays
the foundation for the respective Ethics. In simple
words, they are “a collective of universal values,
treating each human equally, acknowledging
human and natural rights, obeying the law of
land, showing health and safety concerns, caring
for natural environment.”3