Advise Centre to exercise restraint on comments: SC tells attorney general

In his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha on December 7 and at a public event last week, vice president Jagdeep Dhankar criticised the Supreme Court's judgement overturning the NJAC

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court (SC) objected to the comments made by "people holding constitutional posts" against the collegium system. A bench of justice Sanjay Kaul, AS Oka and Vikram Nath urged the attorney general to advise the Centre to exercise restraint.

According to a report by LiveLaw, the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Vikas Singh, urged the apex court to issue a writ of mandamus or initiate criminal proceedings against the Centre for not sending their recommendations for the post of judges.

"Persons in constitutional posts are saying the Supreme Court does not have the power to