12 months ago
Bar Association Seeks Reforms for Judicial Appointments
The Supreme Court Bar Association wants the way judges are chosen to be improved.
They've asked the top judges and the government to update the rules for selecting judges.
They want the new rules to make sure judges are picked based on their skills and fairness, not who they know.
The association believes that the current system needs changes to become more open and fair.
This involves amending the Memorandum of Procedure, or MoP, to make the process more transparent and focused on merit.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) is seeking changes to judicial appointments.
They addressed letters to the Chief Justice, the Collegium, and the Law Minister.
The goal is to make the appointment process more transparent.
The SCBA wants a merit-driven appointment process.
The memorandum of procedure deals with appointment of judges to the apex court and high courts.
- Who
- Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)
- What
- Urged changes to judicial appointment process
- Where
- Not explicitly stated
- When
- Not explicitly stated
- Why
- To ensure transparent, merit-based appointments
Current Concerns
Proposed Reforms
Appointment Process
Current Concerns
The existing collegium mechanism has structural flaws, requiring urgent and comprehensive correction.
Proposed Reforms
The SCBA seeks transparent and merit-based framework to correct the flaws.
Key facts
- Organization
- Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)
- Addressees
- CJI, Collegium, Law Minister
- Key Issue
- Finalization of Memorandum of Procedure (MoP)
- Goal
- Transparent and merit-driven appointments
- Mechanism Addressed
- Judicial appointment process
Quotes
Vikas Singh
Supreme Court Bar Association president and senior advocate
“As the ultimate protector of the constitutional liberties of equality, security and dignity, the judiciary must be bold, fearless and uncompromisingly independent. Such a judiciary cannot emerge unless the process of its own elevation is rooted in transparency and merit.”
telegraphindia.com
“The prevailing collegium mechanism, while designed to preserve judicial independence, has inadvertently created significant challenges. Its structural flaws demand urgent and comprehensive correction.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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