Bar council of India (BCI) on Saturday demanded immediate withdrawal of national judicial appointment commission bill for looking into appointment and transfer of judges terming it an “affront on independence of judiciary”.
Bar council of India (BCI) on Saturday demanded immediate withdrawal of national judicial appointment commission bill for looking into appointment and transfer of judges terming it an “affront on independence of judiciary”.
In last-minute changes, the UPA government has proposed the inclusion of two "eminent persons" instead of two "jurists" in a six-member judicial appointments commission that will seek to strike a balance and avoid extra weightage to judiciary in the body.
Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya has complained that Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir — who retires on July 18 — blocked his elevation to the Supreme Court earlier this year because, as a member of the collegium of the Calcutta High Court,
The deplorably small number of judgments by Justice Cyriac Joseph, especially when courts have a huge backlog of cases, is valid enough reason for concern at his suitability for the National Human Rights Commission