Don't make us take a judicial decision: SC to Centre on judges' appointment

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed anguish over the delay by the Centre in clearing the names recommended by the collegium for appointment as judges in the higher judiciary, saying it “effectively frustrates” the method of appointment.

A Bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka said the apex court had laid down the timelines within which the appointment process had to be completed. Those time-lines have to be adhered to. It said the collegium has recommended the names of chief justices for high courts and these recommendations are lying in abeyance.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh, who had assisted the