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Right to appoint judges is part of judicial independence: Lawyers body tells SC

The right of judiciary to insist on appointing judges is a "vital" part of its independence and basic structure of the Constitution which has been taken away by the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), a lawyers body on Thursday told the Supreme Court.

NJAC: Will decide issue of referring petition to larger bench first, says SC

The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that it would first decide on the issue of referring the challenge to the new system of appointment of judges to a larger bench of nine or eleven judges and then go into the merits of the case.

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.