{"id":114427,"date":"2021-06-24T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T06:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114427"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T05:51:49","slug":"explained-how-judges-recuse-from-cases-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-how-judges-recuse-from-cases-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: How judges recuse from cases, and why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Synopsis:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recently, two Supreme Court\u00a0(SC)\u00a0judges have recused themselves from hearing cases relating to West Bengal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the recusal of judges?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"29\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recusal\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is the removal of oneself as a judge or policymaker in a particular matter.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why does a judge recuse?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The judges usually recuse themselves when there is a\u00a0Conflict of Interest:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"30\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conflict of Interest:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0It can occur in many ways,\u00a0such\u00a0as,\u00a0holding shares in a company that is a litigant to having a prior or personal association with a party involved in the case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">As the\u00a0judges\u00a0have\u00a0a duty to act\u00a0fair,\u00a0they recuse from\u00a0the case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"31\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Another instance for recusal<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is when an appeal is filed in the Supreme Court against a judgement of a High Court that may have been delivered by the SC judge when he or she was in the HC.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/how-judges-recuse-from-cases-and-why-7371106\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indian Express<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis:\u00a0Recently, two Supreme Court\u00a0(SC)\u00a0judges have recused themselves from hearing cases relating to West Bengal.\u00a0 What is the recusal of judges?\u00a0 Recusal\u00a0is the removal of oneself as a judge or policymaker in a particular matter.\u00a0 Why does a judge recuse?\u00a0\u00a0 The judges usually recuse themselves when there is a\u00a0Conflict of Interest:\u00a0 Conflict of Interest:\u00a0It can occur&hellip; 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