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India News: In recommending nine judges for appointment to the Supreme Court, the fivemember SC collegium appears to have superseded many HC judges and overlooked
CJI S.A. Bobde s Legacy: Two Orders That Could Reduce Pendency in HCs
By fixing timelines for each stage in the process of appointing HC judges, and by activating a dormant provision of the Constitution (Article 224A), the SC has sought to fix responsibility for undue delays on the respective stakeholders.Â
CJI Bobde and the Supreme Court. Photos: PTI
Law5 hours ago
New Delhi: The outgoing Chief Justice of India, S.A. Bobde, who is retiring on April 23, delivered two orders on Tuesday, as part of the bench presided by him, which can help to reduce pendency of cases in the high courts.
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
Law7 hours ago
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