Should the state ombudsmen supervise the courts?
By: Rowat, Donald C.
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ArticleSubject(s): Judiciary | Court | Ombudsmen
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Indian Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: Donald C. Rowat discusses the need for supervision of performance of judiciary by Ombudsman in the overall interest of marrying judicial independence with accountability. His argument is based on the fact that the judicial system inherited from the British (which hardly made any provision for disciplining judges) is cracking up under pressures of increasing democratic compulsions of greater accountability and responsiveness to the people. Need for such a supervision exists, according to Rowat, in Canada, to investigate public complaints against judges and court officials. Listing justifications thereof, he discusses two alternatives as possible solutions, viz., setting up a Judicial Complaints Commission a
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Issue no: 37(2), Apr.-Jun.91, p.162-9 | Available | AR2083 |
Donald C. Rowat discusses the need for supervision of performance of judiciary by Ombudsman in the overall interest of marrying judicial independence with accountability. His argument is based on the fact that the judicial system inherited from the British (which hardly made any provision for disciplining judges) is cracking up under pressures of increasing democratic compulsions of greater accountability and responsiveness to the people. Need for such a supervision exists, according to Rowat, in Canada, to investigate public complaints against judges and court officials. Listing justifications thereof, he discusses two alternatives as possible solutions, viz., setting up a Judicial Complaints Commission a
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