National Desk:
Supreme Court News: The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over the statement of Law Minister Kiren Rijiju regarding the collegium system for the appointment of judges. The court said that if a person holding a high position speaks like this, then it sends a wrong message, he should not have spoken like this.
The Supreme Court made these remarks during the hearing of a petition in which the issue of delay in appointment of judges was raised despite the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium. During the hearing, Vikas Singh, on behalf of the petitioner, cited Kiren Rijiju's recent statement before the court. The Supreme Court made this comment on this.
In a statement given to the media recently, Rijiju had said that the collegium cannot say that the government should immediately approve every name sent by it, then it should make the appointment itself.
The Supreme Court said that the government cannot simply keep pending the recommendations of the Collegium for the appointment of judges without assigning any reason. Justice Kaul said that there are many such recommendations, which are pending for more than one and a half years. These names were first sent in 2019, then sent again in 2021. Then the way the government is taking decisions on the recommendations of the collegium at its own will, it is affecting the order of seniority of the judges. Due to the delay on the part of the government, the appointment of a capable young lawyer is not being done as a judge. When we ask young capable people about their consent, they have apprehensions whether they will be appointed in time.
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