Mechanisms to give the government a say in appointing Supreme Court judges and to hear "complaints of misbehaviour and incapacity" against High Court and Supreme Court judges, have been recommended by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC).
A curious interlocutory application seeking to advance the hearing of the writ petition urging the Supreme Court to direct the Union Government to appoint and transfer judges on the recommendations of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is to come up before a Division Bench
Confrontation is brewing between the executive and the judiciary over the primacy of the Chief Justice of India in the appointment and transfer of judges. President K R Narayanan made a reference to the Supreme Court today on interpretation of law on the subject.
A few weeks ago, one of India’s finest judges, Chief Justice A.P. Shah, retired from judicial office at the age of 62.
This is yet another supersession of judges, not in the technical sense but in all other respects. Justice A.P. Shah, who retired from the office of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court a week ago, was one of the finest judges in the country.