Andhra Pradesh High Court issues crucial warning on assessing a judge’s integrity

Andhra Pradesh High Court news: TheAndhra Pradesh High Courthas emphasised that adverse remarks questioning the integrity of judicial officers should be recorded only after carefulverificationand input from multiple sources, cautioning that such entries cannot safely be based on a single complaint or source.

A bench of JusticesR Raghunandan RaoandT C D Sekharwas hearing a writ petition filed by a judicial officer challenging adverseremarksmade in his Annual Confidential Report (ACR) for 2009 and dismissed it.

“It would only be appropriate that adequate precautions are taken before any adverse remarks are placed in the Confidential Reports of theJudicialOfficers,” said the Andhra Pradesh High Court on March 2.

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