The ruling together with the 1993 Second Judges Case and the 1998 Third Judges Case that established the collegium form the biggest imprint Nariman left on the Constitution.
CJI Chandrachud has said that constitution benches of different strengths shall henceforth be a permanent feature of the Supreme Court. This reform has been long awaited and should be expedited. For example, Article 145(3) stipulates.
The debate in Rajya Sabha on Monday over the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill witnessed an unusual intervention. Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi while making a case for the bill questioned the basic.
The two terms used in the Supreme Court's Kesavananda Bharti judgment use two terms - “basic structure” and “essential features” - which are not interchangable, Prof Baxi writes.