With reference to the editorial, “The judicial logjam” (March 30), the tussle between the central government and the Supreme Court over Memorandum of Procedure seems to be predicated on the wrong premise.
The government, in its zeal to have veto power in the appointment of senior judges, has barked up the wrong tree by insisting on “national security” as justification for rejecting the Supreme Court’s nominees for judgeship.
First, this insistence by the government does not betray any perception of inadequacy in the Supreme Court’s process of choosing candidates for judgeship. The government, too, does not seem to
The government, in its zeal to have veto power in the appointment of senior judges, has barked up the wrong tree by insisting on “national security” as justification for rejecting the Supreme Court’s nominees for judgeship.
First, this insistence by the government does not betray any perception of inadequacy in the Supreme Court’s process of choosing candidates for judgeship. The government, too, does not seem to
