Gujrat, Oct. 3 -- The Gujarat High Court has called upon the judges to be "honest to the core with high moral values", and said even a single adverse remark against a judge in his entire service record or question over his integrity was sufficient ground for his "compulsory retirement". A bench of Justices AS Supehia and LS Pirzada stated in its order pronounced on Tuesday that even issuing a show-cause notice to such a judicial officer was not necessary as compulsory retirement in public interest does not amount to punishment.

Dismissing the contention of petitioner JK Acharya, an ad hoc sessions judge who was compulsorily retired along with 17 other sessions judges in November 2016 by the High Court's full court, the HC also said every...