Articles tagged with: National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC)
NJAC verdict out tomorrow (Friday)
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Friday the much-awaited verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) that seeks to replace 22-year-old collegium system for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. Verdict on ...
SC faces perhaps hardest decision of its life as it reserves NJAC verdict
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) and extended its interim order protecting services of the additional judges till the verdict is pronounced A constitution bench of J...
Rohatgi tells SC that NJAC will be 'hit and trial'; Bench unimpressed, wants evidence of collegium botch-up
The Narendra Modi government today told the Supreme Court that the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) for appointments to higher judiciary had a component of a “hit and trial” experiment for finding the best people for the posts. Contending that there was an element of uncertainty in ev...
NJAC's back: Rohatgi tells SC that appointing judges like this = will of the people
The central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it was the will of the people to have transparent, accountable and criteria-based appointment of judges through the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) instead of the collegium system whose working was shrouded in mystery. Cont...