I-T Tribunal judicial member pulled up

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has pulled up Uttam Bir Singh Bedi, judicial member of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Chennai, for his arrogant behaviour. “The material on record would depict a gloomy picture about the petitioner that he is arrogant and always threw to the winds the well-established judicial conventions,’’ a division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice D Hariparanthaman observed on Thursday. No institution could survive in a democracy unless it earned the public esteem by discharging its duties impartially and expeditiously. The judiciary was no exception from this principle, the bench added and directed Bedi to mend his ways and conduct himself in a dignified manner and follow the established judicial conventions to maintain the decorum on and off dais.