Key Points
The appointment of judges to the Supreme Court has been an ongoing tussle - at times overt, at other times covert - between GoI and the judiciary..
Tuesday's cautionary by the court asking GoI not to 'pick and choose' from the collegium's recommendations underscores the need for a robust transparent system for appointing judges to the apex court...
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was clear in saying that political affiliations and leanings are emerging as factors determining GoI's decision to accept the collegium's recommendations..
Considering the closed system of judicial appointment, determining reasons for the inclusion of an individual officer of the court in the collegium's shortlist, or approval by GoI has become solely a matter of speculation..
The current collegium system, in which the five senior-most judges decide whom to call to the bench, makes judicial appointments entirely endogenous...
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