New Delhi:
Vice-President Hamid Ansari, who is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, is likely to head the Judicial Oversight Committee, a part of the proposed Judges Standards and Accountability Bill, to look into the merits of complaints against members of the higher judiciary.
The proposed committee would comprise the Chief Justice of India, a High Court Chief Justice nominated by the CJI and two distinguished jurists to be nominated by the President.
The bill is yet to be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval.
When asked to confirm the development, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told PTI: "He (the Vice-President) is now listed to be the chairman of the Oversight Committee in his capacity as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha."
Moily hopes that the bill would be tabled in the Budget session of Parliament commencing next week.
The bill proposes that all complaints of corruption, irregularities or misbehaviour against sitting judges, including the CJI, would be first made to the Oversight Committee, which would refer the same to a Scrutiny Committee.