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Collegium system to continue 27 February 2015
Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said today that the two-decade old Collegium system for appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts will continue until the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) is in place. Gowda said after the...
Keywords: Law minister, National Judicial Appointments Commission, Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of India
Read MoreSupreme Court should respect parliament 11 March 2015
The Central government on Tuesday said to the Supreme Court that it must acknowledge the unprecedented unanimity in Parliament to amend the Constitution to replace the opaque collegiums system, by which judges appoint judges, with a transparent multi-member National Judicial...
Keywords: collegiums, Supreme Court, collegiums, National Judicial Appointments Commission
Read MoreFormer CBI chief echoes opposition's demand 27 November 2012
Fueling more to the heated controversies over the appointment of new CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, the outgoing chief of the investigative agency AP Singh has stated that it was actually the CBI itself that had first originated the idea of...
Keywords: cbi ranjit sinha, sepreme court, cji, 2g spectrum loss figure
Read MoreNJAC, Parliament is not subject to judicial review 09 June 2015
The centre on Monday told the supreme court that scrapping the Collegium system and setting up the National Judicial Appointments Commission for appointment of judges is the need of the hour that reflects the people's aspiration of bringing transparency in...
Keywords: Collegium, NJAC, Collegium, Supreme Court
Read MoreCollegium permanently dissolved 12 May 2015
The Central government has told the Supreme Court that two-decade old Collegium system is 'dead and buried forever' and it cannot be revived even if the five-judge Constitution Bench of the top court quashes the new National Judicial Appointments Commission...
Keywords: Collegium, NJAC, Collegium, Supreme Court
Read MoreNJAC, larger bench to decide 08 April 2015
Supreme Court refrained from restraining the government in going ahead and replacing the collegiums system of appointment of judges in high courts and the apex court. The court has also referred a batch of petitions challenging the validity of a...
Keywords: Law minister, Supreme Court, Law minister, NJAC
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