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    Home / News / India News / SC dismisses plea seeking collegium meeting details on judges' appointment
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    SC dismisses plea seeking collegium meeting details on judges' appointment

    SC dismisses plea seeking collegium meeting details on judges' appointment
    Written by Snehadri Sarkar
    Edited by Prateek Talukdar
    Dec 09, 2022, 05:57 pm 3 min read
    SC dismisses plea seeking collegium meeting details on judges' appointment
    "Collegium is a multi-member body whose tentative decision cannot be brought in the public domain," the bench stated

    The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking disclosure of discussions during a collegium meeting held on December 12, 2018, stating that collegium deliberations were not subject to the RTI Act. Specific decisions were taken in the meeting purportedly on the promotion of certain judges to the SC, according to The Indian Express.

    Why does this story matter?

    • This came as Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar, in his maiden Rajya Sabha address on Wednesday, criticized the SC for scrapping the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC), which is established by an Act of Parliament. He termed it a compromise of parliamentary sovereignty.
    • Last month, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju called the collegium system "opaque" and said India was the only country where judges appoint judges.

    More details on the meeting

    On January 12, 2019, the Supreme Court stated that their December 12 meeting didn't arrive at any conclusion; only talks regarding the names took place. However, when the statement came, Justice Lokur had retired, and the structure of the collegium had also changed.

    Centre, judiciary at loggerheads since 2014 over appointment of judges

    Since 2014, the Centre has been at odds with the judiciary, which accused the former of attempting to control judicial appointments by enacting the NJAC Bill and sitting on recommendations without explanation. Last month, the Central government returned 19 of the 21 names recommended by the collegium for the appointment of High Court justices, hours before the SC hearing on the selection of judges.

    Plea filed by RTI activist demanding details

    Anjali Bhardwaj, an RTI activist, filed the application in the SC challenging the Delhi High Court's verdict that rejected divulging the agenda of the collegium meeting on the day that purportedly took some decisions on some judges' elevation. A bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and MR Shah stated that only resolutions drawn and signed by all collegium members could be the final decision.

    There is no substance in the petition: Bench

    "Collegium is a multi-member body whose tentative decision cannot be brought in the public domain," the bench stated. The bench also said that there was no substance in the petition. "We do not want to comment on the same. The subsequent resolution was very clear. There is no substance in the (petition); it deserves to be dismissed," it added.

    What was the meeting about?

    The meeting in question here refers to a collegium meeting under the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, where Justices NV Ramana, Madan B Lokur, AK Sikri, and SA Bobde were all present. Justice Madan B Lokur, while referring to the 2019 meeting, stated that he was disappointed with the fact that the meeting's resolution was not shared on the court's website.

    Aftermath of the collegium row

    Reportedly, the collegium agreed to elevate Justices Rajendra Menon and Pradeep Nandrajog on that day to the apex court. As per a later notification, Chief Justice of Karnataka HC Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Delhi HC Judge Sanjiv Khanna were taken to SC following the controversy.

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