The Supreme Court has refused to entertain petitions challenging National Judicial Appointment Commission Bill-2014 which replaced the Collegium system of appointments to higher judiciary.

The apex court said, it is of the view that the petitions are premature and parties can approach the court at later stage.

The Court said this while hearing a set of petitions challenging the Constitutionality of the two Bills – 121st Constitutional amendment and the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014.

Earlier this month, Parliament had passed these two Bills to scrap the collegium system for appointments in higher judiciary and to provide a new mechanism in its place.

Four PILs were filed in the Court for declaring the NJAC move as unconstitutional.