Minister of Law Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that there is no such proposal to reintroduce the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) with suitable modifications.
Dhankhar cited the NJAC as an example of how the ability of the executive, judiciary and legislature to work within their domains is critical to a democracy.
The Union government sent back 19 of the recommendations mere hours before the Supreme Court hearing on judicial appointments on November 28, a report says. Ten of them are names the SC had reiterated.
Senior Advocate Harish Salve opined that Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju crossed the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ by commenting on the existing ‘tension’ between the judiciary and the government.