By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: A senior advocate in the presence of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday flagged concerns about speculation that the Supreme Court collegium sends recommendations for the appointment of judges only if it feels they would be accepted by the government.
“There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they are going to be accepted by the government. This, I think, is a very dangerous thought… If it’s true, it necessarily means prior informal consultation. That would mean the negation of the independence of the judiciary and of the NJAC judgment,” C S Vaidyanathan said at the M K Nambyar Memorial Lecture organised by SASTRA University.
NEW DELHI: A senior advocate in the presence of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday flagged concerns about speculation that the Supreme Court collegium sends recommendations for the appointment of judges only if it feels they would be accepted by the government.
“There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they are going to be accepted by the government. This, I think, is a very dangerous thought… If it’s true, it necessarily means prior informal consultation. That would mean the negation of the independence of the judiciary and of the NJAC judgment,” C S Vaidyanathan said at the M K Nambyar Memorial Lecture organised by SASTRA University.
