It is important to discuss about the reasons for developing a tool like Public Interest Litigation and how it has transformed recently.
A seven Judges Bench of Supreme Court extensively considered the issues of Independence of Judiciary in relation to the appointment and transfer of Judges
Making reference to the K. Veeraswamy’s Case Shri Shanti Bhushan observed that all judges should declare their assets
This case directed to constitute a Bench of nine Judges to examine the two questions referred therein, namely, the position of the Chief Justice of India with reference to primacy, and justiciability of fixation of Judge strength.
The first-ever impeachment motion against a SC judge, Justice V. Ramaswami, was signed by 108 MPs in 1991.