"Don't Derail A Working System": Supreme Court On Judges' Appointment
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The court was hearing a case filed by activist Anjali Bhardwaj who has challenged a Delhi High Court decision which dismissed her request seeking details of a controversial 2018 meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium.
The system of appointment of judges should not be derailed and the collegium of judges that does so is "most transparent", the Supreme Court said on Friday, in pointed remarks that come in the middle of a fierce nationwide debate on the subject.
"Don't derail a system that's working, let the collegium do its job. We are the most transparent organisation. It has become fashionable for former members of the collegium to comment on decisions," Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar said.
They were hearing a case filed by activist Anjali Bhardwaj who has challenged a Delhi High Court decision which dismissed her request seeking details of a controversial 2018 meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium, under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.
During the hearing, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, said, "Are the decisions of the collegium answerable under RTI? That's the question. Don't the people of this country have the right to know?"
