How far can a sitting judge speak outside the courtroom?

How far can a sitting judge speak outside the courtroom? LETTER & SPIRIT left For representative purposes Getty Images Getty Images https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/ryhycs/article71624371.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/iStock-1445698708.jpg ArLawKa AungTun Office with sledgehammer in front, lawyers and clients discussing court issues or justice at meeting Law and order. The concept of courts and legislatures Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s remarks on voting rights have revived a difficult question of judicial ethics: when does an academic address begin to anticipate the work of the court? In July 2018, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, months before becoming Chief Justice of India, said democracy sometimes needed “noisy judges”, alongside independent journalists. Eight years later, that judicial voice has become contentious. On October 4, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, delivering the valedictory address at a moot court competition at NALSAR University of Law, said the right to vote was constitutional and integral to the basic structure.