Judges appointment News
Five new judges to join Supreme Court today. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will administer the oath to the new judges.Watch 25 big news of the day in this report.
CJI has termed media reports about Supreme Court judges' appointments as very unfortunate
CJI Ramana said the process of judges' appointment is "sacrosanct and has dignity attached to it"
The judge even raised aspersions over the judgements that these judges deliver as according to him they are appointed in an arbitrary manner.
A bitter showdown between the Centre and Supreme Court was witnessed today over the appointment of judges in the higher courts.
Secretary (Justice) in the Law Ministry has written to the SC Registrar General pointing to the July 5 judgement of the apex court in which two judges had called for the need to revisit the process of selection and appointment of judges.
A Parliamentary committee on Thursday said that appointment of judges to the higher judiciary is essentially the function of the executive.
In a setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to accept rejection of 43 names by the NDA government that were recommended by its collegium in connection with appointment of judges in various high courts.
Coming down hard at the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday said there should not be a deadlock in appointment of judges.
Fourteen Chief Justices and 34 new judges will be appointed to various high courts in the country as the Centre has cleared proposals in this regard.
The Supreme Court is due to hear on Monday a plea seeking the setting up of a "public body", independent of the executive and judiciary, to ensure fair appointment of judges in High Courts and the apex court and check nepotism.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he termed the Supreme Court’s pulling up of the central government over delay the collegiums list as a 'reality check'.
The government is believed to be upset after its bid to replace the collegium system was thwarted by the Supreme Court recently.
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till November 13 the time for inviting suggestions to make the functioning of collegium system transparent.
Irrespective of system of judges' appointment, the process must operate on "well-established and transparent principles to select the best" and no one can meddle with it, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said while asking the judiciary to "reinvent itself through introspection and self-correction".
The Collegium system of judges appointment is "opaque" which needs "transparency", Supreme Court judge Justice J Chelameswar on Friday said.
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