{"id":39848,"date":"2025-03-26T20:17:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=39848"},"modified":"2025-03-26T20:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:47:20","slug":"call-for-changing-collegium-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-03-2025\/call-for-changing-collegium-system","title":{"rendered":"Call for Changing Collegium System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 2\/Judiciary&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar chaired a meeting with Rajya Sabha floor leaders to discuss the recovery of semi-burnt Indian currency notes from the residence of Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Verma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The meeting also focused on judicial appointments and the need for an alternative to the current Collegium system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Vice President reiterated the importance of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), which was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Collegium System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/02-01-2024\/collegium-system-of-india\">Collegium <\/a>is the system through which judges of India&#8217;s higher judiciary (Supreme Court and High Courts) are appointed and transferred.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It i<strong>s not based on the Constitution <\/strong>or any specific law but has evolved through Supreme Court judgments, known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/02-01-2024\/collegium-system-of-india\">&#8220;<strong>Judges Cases.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Composition\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Supreme Court Collegium<\/strong> is a <strong>five-member body,<\/strong> led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and four other seniormost judges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High Court Collegium<\/strong>s are led by the Chief Justice of the respective High Court and <strong>two other seniormost judges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How does the Collegium system work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Supreme Court Collegium recommends names for appointments to the Supreme Court, and the High Court Collegiums do so for their respective courts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The High Court Collegium&#8217;s recommendations must be approved by the Supreme Court Collegium.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The government conducts an Intelligence Bureau (IB) inquiry on the recommended candidates. If the Collegium reiterates its recommendations, the government is bound to approve them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Criticisms\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The system has been criticized for being non-transparent, lacking an official mechanism or secretariat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are no prescribed eligibility criteria or a clear selection procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decisions are made behind closed doors, and there are no public records or minutes of Collegium meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawyers are often unaware of whether their names are being considered for judicial appointments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Do you know ?<\/strong><br>&#8211; The Justice M N Venkatachaliah Commission (2000) recommended replacing the Collegium with a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC).<br>&#8211; The NJAC was to include the CJI, two seniormost Supreme Court judges, the Union Law Minister, and an eminent person chosen by the President in consultation with the CJI.<br>&#8211; The government passed the NJAC Bill in 2014, but the Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional within a year, emphasizing the need to preserve the primacy of the judiciary in judicial appointments.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Suggestions\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Collegium System was aimed at preserving judicial independence, and has faced significant criticisms over the years.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Transparency, inclusivity, and clearer criteria for selection could help address these concerns, ensuring a more accountable and efficient judicial appointment process.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reforms in this direction would contribute to strengthening the integrity and functioning of India&#8217;s judiciary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source :TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar chaired a meeting with Rajya Sabha floor leaders to discuss the recovery of semi-burnt Indian currency notes from the residence of Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Verma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39852,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39848\/revisions\/39852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}