8,600+ Complaints Against Sitting Judges in 10 Years: Centre Reveals Data

• The office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) received 8,630 complaints against sitting judges over the last decade.
• Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal provided this information to the Lok Sabha in response to DMK MP Matheswaran VS.
• Complaints against judges include allegations of corruption, sexual misconduct, or other serious impropriety.
• The highest number of complaints, 1,170, was recorded in 2024.
• Complaints are handled by the judiciary through an “in-house mechanism”; the Law Ministry's response did not detail actions taken.