Allaying the apprehensions expressed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia, the Centre on Friday made it clear that the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill would not in any way infringe the independence of the judiciary. The attempt to link the Bill with the independence

The participants also called for deletion of Sections 9 to 16 of the Bill dealing with the forming of a "Complaints Scrutiny Panel" besides the Oversight Committee

The former Supreme Court judge and Chairman of Press Council of India Markandey Katju expressed the need for Chief Justice of India to go for wider consultation than restricting himself to five judges of the collegium while recommending names for appointment of judges to the