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Over five years after the historic press conference by four Supreme Court judges, two of the retired judges who were part of the same recounted the circumstances that led to it.
The apex court emphasised that the government cannot conveniently pick and choose opinions of judges or judicial opinions of benches of lesser strength to delay Collegium recommendations.
There have been innumerable cases where deserving judges have been overlooked and mediocre judges elevated to the Supreme Court because of their rapport with the consultee judges
There is no doubt that Parliament will have to enact a new law before an “independent” agency can be set up to bring the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, the Enforcement Directorate, the National Investigative Agency (NIA), the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Narcotics Control Bureau under one roof, according to the 48 th CJI N.V. Ramana.