• National Judicial Appointments Commission, collegiums, supreme court should respect parliament, Collegium

    Supreme 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: Supreme Court, National Judicial Appointments Commission, collegiums, Supreme Court

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    collegiums system, Leader of opposition, njac larger bench to decide, Collegium

    NJAC, 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: NJAC, Prime Minister, NJAC, NJAC

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    NJAC, Collegium, collegium permanently dissolved, Collegium

    Collegium 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: Supreme Court, NJAC, National Judicial Appointments Commission, Collegium

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    Constitution bench, Supreme Court, njac parliament is not subject to judicial review, Collegium

    NJAC, 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: NJAC, Supreme Court, Constitution bench, NJAC

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    2g spectrum loss figure, collegium to appoint cbi chief, former cbi chief echoes opposition s demand, Collegium

    Former 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: outgoing CBI chief, outgoing CBI chief, 2g spectrum loss figure, cji

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    National Judicial Appointments Commission, Collegium, collegium system to continue, Collegium

    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: National Judicial Appointments Commission, Law minister, National Judicial Appointments Commission, National Judicial Appointments Commission

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