What Ails the Supreme Courtâs Collegium?
It is not neglect of conventions, but absence of transparency which has resulted in a stalemate within the CJI Bobde collegium.
Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice N.V Ramana, CJI S.A. Bobde, Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice R.F. Nariman of the Supreme Court collegium. Photos: File
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The outgoing Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobdeâs disappointment with his inability to evolve a consensus within the five-member Supreme Court collegium â over potential appointees to the court â is valid.
The collegium meeting called by him on April 8 again proved to be inconclusive, without any hope of another meeting taking place before he demits office on April 23. But his inability stems not from his failure to follow the so-called convention of not holding a collegium meeting once the President appoints a successor CJI. The current stalemate within the collegium has more to do with the absence of transparency which has marked it