Supreme Court has rejected a PIL seeking setting up of a public body, independent of the executive and judiciary, to ensure fair appointment of judges in High Courts and the apex court. <br/><br/>A bench comprising of justices Arun K Mishra and U U Lalit while hearing the PIL yesterday, said, judges do not need certificates from anybody. The bench also said the setting up of such a body would amount to amending the Constitution which cannot be done by the apex court.<br/><br/>The observation came when it was alleged that there has been nepotism in the appointment of judges in High Courts and the apex court. <br/><br/>The bench disagreed with the plea of National Lawyers' Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms that a body independent of executive and judiciary to select Judges to the higher judiciary was needed, as those talented amongst a vast majority of lawyers were never considered by the collegium for selection as Judges.<br/><br/>The lawyers' body has contended that an independent judge selection body was needed to end the alleged control of the elite section over judiciary.