CJI’s office received 8,630 complaints against judges in a decade, Law Minister tells Lok Sabha

The bureau of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) received 8,630 complaints against sitting judges successful the past decade, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed the Lok Sabha connected Friday (February 13, 2026).

The accusation came successful effect to a question raised successful the House by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP V.S. Matheswaran who had sought the database of complaints regarding corruption, intersexual misconduct, oregon different superior impropriety received against judges of the High Courts oregon the Supreme Court.

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Responding to the query, Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal submitted that 8,360 complaints against judges were recorded betwixt 2016 and 2025. As per the array shared by the Minister, the CJI’s bureau got 729 complaints against judges successful 2016, followed by 682 successful 2017, 717 successful 2018, and 1,037 successful 2019. In 2020 and 2021, specified complaints stood astatine 518 and 686 respectively. In 2022, 1012 complaints were received, followed by 977 successful 2023, 1,170 successful 2024, and 1,102 successful 2025.

Though Mr. Matheswaran asked if immoderate enactment had been taken connected the complaints, the Minister did not code the query successful his written reply.

To different question by the MP connected whether the Central authorities was alert of immoderate strategy maintained by the Supreme Court to papers and way complaints related to corruption, intersexual misconduct, oregon different superior impropriety against judges of the higher judiciary, the Minister said that nether the existing “in-house procedure”, the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justices of the High Courts are authorised to person and grip complaints against judges.

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The Minister further noted that complaints submitted done the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) oregon different channels are forwarded to the CJI oregon the respective High Court Chief Justices.

The MP besides enquired if the authorities intended to present guidelines oregon measures to guarantee due documentation, monitoring, and accountability successful dealing with complaints against members of the higher judiciary. However, the Minister did not code it.