Supreme Court to announce date of hearing on plea to ‘abolish’ collegium system, revive NJAC
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to announce date of hearing on plea to ‘abolish’ collegium system, revive NJAC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday, April 24, 2023, said it will give a date for the hearing of a petition seeking the “abolition” of the collegium system of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the High Courts. Explained | The workings of the Supreme Court collegium Justice Kaul is part of the Constitution Bench hearing petition seeking the legal recognition of same sex marriage through a judicial declaration. It has said repeated representations to the Centre to evolve an alternative mechanism to the collegium system fell on deaf ears, prompting the petitioners to approach the Supreme Court. In one of the earlier mentionings, Chief Justice Chandrachud had pointed out to Mr. Nedumpara that the collegium system was introduced through a nine-judge Bench judgment in 1993.

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SC declines plea against Collegium system to protect public’s best interest
7 months, 4 weeks ago

SC declines plea against Collegium system to protect public’s best interest

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court Registry has refused to accept a petition to end the Collegium system of judicial appointments and revive the National Judicial Appointments Commission, seeking to “prevent needless waste of judicial time and energy”. In a six-page order, Supreme Court Registrar Puneet Sehgal explained that the Collegium system had already been upheld, while the NJAC — which gave an …

'Govt Wants Its Representatives In Collegium': Law Minister Writes To CJI
1 year, 11 months ago

'Govt Wants Its Representatives In Collegium': Law Minister Writes To CJI

The Quint  

Is Rijiju the only one? Important to note here are the critical statements made by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar last week on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the National Judicial Appointments Commission. The NJAC was a proposed judicial appointment body that would include the law minister and other representatives chosen by the executive. In November last year Justice Sanjay …

Explained | Why is the NJAC verdict at the centre of the impasse over appointment of judges?
2 years ago

Explained | Why is the NJAC verdict at the centre of the impasse over appointment of judges?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar last week entered the heated debate between the Central government and the Supreme Court over the matter of judicial appointments. The seven-year-old verdict has been invoked by both sides- while the Court asked if the government’s “unhappiness” over the failure of the NJAC was why it was sitting on the names recommended by …

No proposal at present to reintroduce NJAC, Rajya Sabha told
2 years ago

No proposal at present to reintroduce NJAC, Rajya Sabha told

The Hindu  

There is no proposal at present to reintroduce a bill on National Judicial Appointments Commission, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Responding to a question by the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and CPI‘s John Britas on whether the government proposes to reintroduce NJAC with “suitable modifications”, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply …

Until government brings new law on judicial appointments, Collegium system is the law: Supreme Court
2 years ago

Until government brings new law on judicial appointments, Collegium system is the law: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said nobody is stopping the government from bringing a new law on judicial appointments, but till then Collegium system and its Memorandum of Procedure is the “final word”. The court said the law on judicial appointments to the High Courts, as it stands now, is the Collegium system evolved by the Supreme Court in the …

Collegium system for appointment of judges most transparent, says Supreme Court
2 years ago

Collegium system for appointment of judges most transparent, says Supreme Court

India Today  

The system of appointment of judges is the most transparent one and should not be derailed, said the Supreme Court on Friday while hearing an appeal against a Delhi High Court judgment which denied information on a collegium meeting of 2018 under the Right to Information Act. The apex court was hearing a case filed by activist Anjali Bhardwaj, who …

Laying the ground to delegitimise the Supreme Court
2 years ago

Laying the ground to delegitimise the Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A change of guard at the office of the Chief Justice of India on November 9 seems to have triggered a reorientation of the Union government’s strategy towards the Supreme Court. However, the Union government, through the Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, took the position before the Bench that the right and power to frame the MoP was squarely in its …

‘Unhappiness’ over NJAC behind govt delay on Collegium recommendations: SC
2 years ago

‘Unhappiness’ over NJAC behind govt delay on Collegium recommendations: SC

The Hindu  

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‘Unhappiness’ over NJAC behind govt delay on Collegium recommendations; govt needs to follow the law of the land: Supreme Court
2 years ago

‘Unhappiness’ over NJAC behind govt delay on Collegium recommendations; govt needs to follow the law of the land: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on November 28 linked the bitter failure of the National Judicial Appointments Commission to the government’s willingness to “cross some Rubicons” and take on the judiciary by delaying Collegium recommendations. “Let them give the power to us then, we have no difficulty… When somebody high up says ‘let them do it’, we will do it ourselves… This …

Supreme Court agrees to list plea to reconsider collegium system, revive NJAC
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court agrees to list plea to reconsider collegium system, revive NJAC

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday agreed to list in due course a writ petition to reconsider the collegium system of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the High Courts. The petition sought the revival of the National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC, which briefly gave the government an equal role along with the judiciary in the …

Judicial appointments: Judiciary's independence is paramount but need to check ‘imperium in imperio’
2 years, 2 months ago

Judicial appointments: Judiciary's independence is paramount but need to check ‘imperium in imperio’

Firstpost  

Any criticism of the collegium is not meant to undermine the independence of the judiciary. Concerns on functioning of collegium system Recently while speaking at the National Cultural Diversity Summit of Asian Australian Lawyers’ Association Inc, former Chief Justice of India NV Ramana made certain observations regarding the collegium system which once again brought the much-debated issue of the process …

Why appointing Supreme Court, high court judges through closed-door collegiums is flawed | OPINION
2 years, 10 months ago

Why appointing Supreme Court, high court judges through closed-door collegiums is flawed | OPINION

India Today  

Independence of judiciary is an essential feature not only for the Constitution of India, but for every country governed by the rule of law. According to constitutional provision, the President appoints judges of the Supreme Court and high courts “after consultation” with the members of judiciary. In the First Judges case of 1981, the Supreme Court held that the ‘consultation’ …

Call from within judiciary to change collegium system: Rijiju
3 years ago

Call from within judiciary to change collegium system: Rijiju

The Hindu  

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that there was a call from within the judiciary and parliamentarians to change the collegium system for appointment of judges. He said the Government has written to the Chief Justices of all High Courts to include names of members from the reserved categories while recommending names for appointment as …

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