November 4, 2015 12:04 PM

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SC rules out making wholesale changes in collegium system

Supreme Court has ruled out making wholesale changes in the collegium system for appointment of judges in higher judiciary. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice JS Khehar, however, expressed its willingness to evolve a greater transparency within the existing parameters.<br/><br/>The Court said, it has received tremendous and diverse nature of suggestions after its landmark judgement of October 16 quashing the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act.<br/><br/>The apex court evolved a consensus that there is need for suggestions on four aspects. These are transparency, need for eligibility criteria for appointment of judges, establishment of a secretariat for the collegium and evolving a mechanism of complaint redressal in collegium. The matter will come up for further hearing tomorrow.

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