While the top court pointed that the Collegium system is the ‘law of the land,’ Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Parliament there was a need for a new system of appointments regarding NJAC. | Photo Credit: Reuters A record appointment of 165 judges to High Courts in a single calendar year is one the … Read more
Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju interacts with Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud during a meeting in New Delhi on November 9. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: A major confrontation is on between the Union government and the Supreme Court over the former’s resentment towards the Collegium … Read more
Supreme Court of India | Photo Credit: PTI 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 … Read more