Plan To Move Bill To Replace Judges' Appointment System? What Centre Said
NDTV
The NJAC Act, which sought to overturn the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court and High Court judges, was struck down by the top court in 2015.
Amid a tussle with the Supreme Court over the current system of appointment of judges, the Centre informed Parliament on Thursday that "at present, there is no such proposal" to reintroduce National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC, with suitable modifications.
The NJAC Act, which sought to overturn the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court and High Court judges, was struck down by the top court in 2015.
Responding to the written question of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and CPM's Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju informed that "As on December 5, there is one proposal for the appointment of a Supreme Court Judge and eight proposals for the appointment of High Courts' judges recommended by the Collegium are pending with the Government."
Mr Rijiju had been attacking the collegium system, describing it as being "alien" to the Constitution.
