Appointments commission proposed by the UPA suffered from vices of both pre-1993 and existing systems.
How we decide the vexed issue of the method of selection of judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts would determine the future of our democracy and the rule of law in the country.
Justice Katju's revelation in the TOI today about how a reputedly corrupt judge came to be appointed in the Chennai High Court, once again highlights the serious problems with the process of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary.
Every trick in the trade will be used to manage the judiciary. That is the signal that one gets from the manner in which Gopal Subramaniam’s appointment was scuttled by the Modi government.
The letter of Gopal Subramaniam to the CJI withdrawing his consent for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court has created quite a furore in the country.
THE India Against Corruption movement started in 2012 culminated in the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). By venturing into electoral arena, the AAP challenged the established political parties and promised to fight corruption, if voted to power.
The government’s attempt to restore the predominant voice of the political class through the Judicial Appointments Commission is a recipe for disaster
Bar council of India (BCI) on Saturday demanded immediate withdrawal of national judicial appointment commission bill for looking into appointment and transfer of judges terming it an “affront on independence of judiciary”.
In last-minute changes, the UPA government has proposed the inclusion of two "eminent persons" instead of two "jurists" in a six-member judicial appointments commission that will seek to strike a balance and avoid extra weightage to judiciary in the body.
Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya has complained that Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir — who retires on July 18 — blocked his elevation to the Supreme Court earlier this year because, as a member of the collegium of the Calcutta High Court, he had opposed the appointment of CJI Kabir's lawyer sister to the Bench, a decision he said was tantamount to "rape" of the court.