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Letter to BS: No compromises in the process of appointing judges, please

These 11 names must be made public so they are not considered and even appointed in future

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A general view of the Supreme Court after the Ayodhya hearing was rescheduled to January 29. Photo: Aashish Aryan

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Media has reported that the Centre has rejected 11 names for appointment to the high courts and the collegium of Supreme Court judges has accepted the decision. In the first place there are a few questions to be answered, which the media must ask: How were these names even proposed? Can these names be considered and even appointed later if the personalities in the Centre and the collegium change? What posts are these 11 people holding? Are they holding judicial appointments in lower courts? If they are tainted, how can they even hold these posts? Is there a graded scale