Importance of Independence of Judiciary — Measures to ensure Independence of Judiciary

If your college could fire the exam invigilator the moment they failed a favoured student, you would stop trusting any result that invigilator produced. A judge who could be removed, underpaid or transferred at the government's whim faces exactly that pressure, on cases that decide people's liberty and property. This topic is about the specific, concrete guarantees that keep a judge from ever having to worry about that.

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Judicial independence means a judge can decide a case on its legal merits alone, with no fear of losing office, salary or standing for a ruling the government dislikes — and it is protected in India through security of tenure, a fixed and protected salary, a difficult removal procedure, and insulation of appointments through the collegium.

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