Regret NJAC Decision, 2018 Press Conference A Story Of 'Lost Expectations': Ex-SC Judge Justice Kurian Joseph
Live LawFormer Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph, speaking at the India Today Conclave South on 'Judicial Overreach versus Executive Interference: How to Strike a Balance', stated that he regretted his decision in the National Judicial Appointments Commission case. Justice Joseph was a member of the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court which struck down the 99th Constitutional Amendment which introduced the NJAC to replace the collegium system of judicial appointments to constitutional courts in October 2015 by a 4:1 majority. This controversial and unprecedented press conference saw four senior Supreme Court judges- Justices Chelameswar, Kurian Joseph, Gogoi and Lokur hold a press conference at the residence of Justice Chelameswar. Justice Joseph added that while in High Courts there were full courts held every two months or so, the same was not the case in the Supreme Court.
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