“For nine months, you have been sitting over the names. We would not let you scuttle the system. You cannot scuttle the working of the institution like this. Are you waiting for some revolutionary changes in the system?" the court said.
In December last, the Supreme Court had struck down a law that introduced the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) that would give government a say in appointment of judges.
But in the last few months, the government and the judiciary have not been able to agree on the guidelines to be incorporated in the MoP, resulting in the government using the opportunity to scuttle appointments.
The court added: “In Karnataka High Court, an entire floor of courts is locked because there are no judges. Once we had a situation where we had judges but no courtrooms. But now, there are courtrooms but no judges. You should very well have the whole institution… justice locked out."
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