The Senate Tuesday mandated its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to go ahead with the probe of the crisis in the Judiciary by looking into the complaints raised in the petition by the Justices of the Supreme Court.
It also tasked the committee to interface with the three arms of government, as well as at the Bar and on the Bench to collate aggregate views and positions on the short term, medium term and long term measures needed to decisively address the crisis facing the Judiciary.
The leaked memo
In a leaked memo, some 14 court justices accused the ex-CJN of denying the jurists their legitimate entitlements.
Some of the major issues raised by the jurists include non-replacement of poor vehicles, poor accommodation, lack of drugs at the Supreme Court Clinic and poor electricity supply to the apex court.
The rest are increase in electricity tariff, little or no increase in the allowances for diesel and lack of internet services to residences and…
