Centre still in no mood to back down on issue of judicial appointments

The recent spat between the centre and the judiciary is now on issue of appointment of an Additional Judge at the Patna HC

Ever since the Supreme Court struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) in October of last year, the government and the judiciary have been at loggerheads on the issue of appointment of judges to the constitutional courts of the country. 

The government had instituted the NJAC in an attempt to replace the pre-existing collegium system of judicial appointments. After much deliberation on the issue, the constitutional bench headed by Justice J S Khehar finally invalidated the Commission, while directing the government to formulate a Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) in consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

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