New Delhi: With an intent to bring amendments in the procedure of appointment of judges, the Law Ministry has sought inputs from political parties over the procedure. The NDA government has been mulling a Constitutional Amendment Bill to set up a Judicial Appointments Commission to replace the present collegium system.
The issue has come back in focus after Justice Markandey Katju recently kicked off a row questioning the role of the Supreme Court Collegium. He had alleged that a District Judge in Tamil Nadu was elevated to an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court despite charges of corruption against him.
Katju had alleged that the tainted judge had been directly appointed as a District Judge in Tamil Nadu and during his career as the district judge, there were as many as eight adverse entries against him recorded by various portfolio judges of the Madras High Court.
While former Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti denied Katju's allegations of corruption in the judiciary, Katju got a hand of support from former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly who also claimed of alleged political interference in judicial appointments. Ganguly had criticised the current collegium system of appointing judges.
Under the present collegium system, the Chief Justice of India and four senior most judges of Supreme Court recommend to the government the names of judges for appointment to the High Courts and to the apex court.
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