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Complaints against Judges and Judicial Officers
| Number of Complaints Disposed of by the Chief Justice and the Court Leaders | Nature of Complaints | 2018 Total
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| Judicial / Statutory Decision | Judicial Conduct | Both Judicial / Statutory Decision and Judicial Conduct | Dissatisfaction with the Court Leader’s handling and / or findings of the original complaints |
| Chief Justice | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| Chief Judge of the High Court | 38 | 0 | 2 | NA | 40 |
| Chief District Judge | 15 | 0 | 2 | NA | 17 |
| Chief Magistrate | 27 | 3 | 20 | NA | 50 |
| Sub-total | 85 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 121 |
| Notes: |
| i. | The total number of cases filed in 2018 is 502,340. |
| ii. | Complaints related to judicial conduct can be broadly classified according to their nature. Among complaints on judicial conduct above, 6 cases are related to attitude and behavior in court, 15 cases are related to handling of actual proceedings in court, and 6 cases are related to mixed nature. |
| iii. | There is no justified case among the complaints above. |
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