184 an erring Judge; change their workload to different cases, relieve them of all judicial works, or transfer to another High Court. The first two ways can be done by the Chief Justice in charge of the High Court, while the last requires the cooperation of the government. There is no way for the public (or even the Judge) to know why a Judge might have been ‘penalised’ this way and what behaviour crossed the line. There also remains a gap in severity between these measures and impeachment. The controversy surrounding Karnan is part of a larger problem in the judiciary rather than a one-off problem. Late in 2016, the Supreme Court initiated contempt proceedings Markandey Katju for against his former ill-thought-out SC Judge comments against Judges. Multiple Judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court have faced accusations of sexual harassment. Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court also faced charges framed by a CBI court for allegedly receiving a bribe as a sitting Judge in 2008.

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