The recent elevation of three High Court judges to the Supreme Court restored the apex court’s full strength of 34 judges, but it also reignites debate over how the Collegium applies its own criteria—seniority, merit, integrity, diversity, and fairness—in practice
Supreme Court agrees to examine Writ Petition challenging the current Collegium system for appointment and transfer of Judges and sought implementation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission for the purpose
A judge is defined as “a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court”. A modest, succinct definition. Ever since man created books of statutes, there have been judges to interpret them in the adversarial system of law that we have in most parts of the world.