NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is learnt to have asked law minister H R Bharadwaj not to desist from giving the executive's inputs on judicial appointments recommended by collegiums — the panels of senior judges of high courts and Supreme Court.
The Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad (ASCI) joined the Centre for Media Studies, Delhi (CMS), which is one of the key constituents of the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), in organising a one – day seminar on the topic in Hyderabad on
40 prominent citizens from different fields of public life have, after a daylong discussions last week, at CMS-ASCI meet, Hyderabad have resolved to bring out the following Recommendations to the attention of the public in particular and to the concerned Constitutional Authorities.
A Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India said1 that the State should secure the proper operation of legal system and proper opportunity to get justice, which shall be its Fundamental Obligation as per Article 39A of Constitution of India.
A serious view is emerging in the government that the Constitution be amended before the Judges (Inquiry) Bill, currently with the standing committee of Parliament, is enacted.