Supreme Court Rejects Call for 2-Year Judge Cooling-Off Period in Politics

Supreme Court Rejects PIL on Two-Year ‘Cooling Off’ Period for Retired Judges Before Accepting Political Appointments In a significant development, the Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought a mandatory two-year ‘cooling off’ period for retired judges of constitutional courts before they could accept post-retirement political appointments. The bench, comprising Justices Sanjay […]