Njac Act

Narendra Modi's speech gets Chief Justice Thakur's thumbs down: Not done, My Lord!

Nothing would do better disservice to the institution of the apex court than the use of the CJI’s utterances to settle score in politics.

CJI Thakur's remarks on PM Modi's speech: Crisis in judiciary is not solely due to the executive

While CJI’s concerns are not entirely ill-founded, there lingers a very important question and adjoining doubts that need to be answered.

Supreme Court NJAC verdict based on 'erroneous logic': Arun Jaitley

Terming as "erroneous logic" Supreme Court's reasoning for striking down NJAC Act, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said Indian democracy cannot be a "tyranny of the unelected" and that it would be in danger if the elected are undermined.

NJAC verdict: Singhvi had foreseen this, warned govt but cocky Ravi Shankar Prasad didn't pay heed

Singhvi had supported the NDA government’s revived law to curtail the supremacy of the judiciary in appointments of judges.

Supreme Court strikes down NJAC Act, restores collegium system for appointment of judges

The Supreme Court has struck down the constitution's 99th amendment and the NJAC Act as unconstitutional and void, restoring the collegium system for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary.

New law for appointment of judges would compromise with independence of judiciary: Jethmalani

Noted jurist Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday attacked the Centre on the new law on appointment of judges.

NJAC Act violates 'basic structure' of Constitution, Bar bodies tell SC

A day after Chief Justice of India HL Dattu refused to attend a meeting to select two members to the NJAC panel, various Bar bodies on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the validity of new law on appointment of judges cannot be sustained as it violates "basic structure" of the Constitution.

SC judge recuses from hearing pleas challenging the Judicial Appointments Commission Act

A Constitution bench could not begin the hearing to examine the validity of the law replacing the collegium system of appointment of judges as the judge heading it recused from the case.

SC refers plea challenging Judicial Appointments Commission Act to larger bench

SC referred to a larger bench a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act.