India, June 4 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai has sounded a strong note of caution against judges accepting government posts or contesting elections immediately after retirement, warning that such practices raise "significant ethical concerns" and risk eroding public confidence in the judiciary's independence.

"If a judge takes up another appointment with the government immediately after retirement, or resigns from the bench to contest elections, it raises significant ethical concerns and invites public scrutiny," underlined CJI Gavai, addressing a high-powered roundtable on judicial independence at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on Tuesday.

"A judge contesting an election for a political office can lead to doub...