Concerns flagged on SC collegium’s independence
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: A senior advocate within the presence of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday flagged considerations about hypothesis that the Supreme Court collegium sends suggestions for the appointment of judges provided that it feels they might be accepted by the federal government.
“There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they are going to be accepted by the government. This, I think, is a very dangerous thought… If it’s true, it necessarily means prior informal consultation. That would mean the negation of the independence of the judiciary and of the NJAC judgment,” C S Vaidyanathan mentioned on the M K Nambyar Memorial Lecture organised by SASTRA University.
NEW DELHI: A senior advocate within the presence of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday flagged considerations about hypothesis that the Supreme Court collegium sends suggestions for the appointment of judges provided that it feels they might be accepted by the federal government.
“There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they are going to be accepted by the government. This, I think, is a very dangerous thought… If it’s true, it necessarily means prior informal consultation. That would mean the negation of the independence of the judiciary and of the NJAC judgment,” C S Vaidyanathan mentioned on the M K Nambyar Memorial Lecture organised by SASTRA University.
