According to VP, at that time the Supreme Court ignored the will of the people.
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar has joined the dispute between the Center and the Supreme Court regarding the collegium system for appointing senior posts in the judiciary. In an event in New Delhi on Friday, he raised the issue of the Supreme Court's repeal of the NJAC Act in 2015 and directly accused the Supreme Court of contempt of Parliament. Vice Precident said, because the decision of the parliament reflects the will of the people, it means disregarding people will. Incidentally, when Dhankar was speaking these words, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud himself was sitting next to him. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Friday expressed deep displeasure at such controversies and said let collegium system not be derailed, we are ‘most transparent institution’.
In 2014, the central government took the initiative to amend the rules for the appointment of judges. The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act was passed in Parliament. But the Supreme Court dismissed the law as termed the matter "too sensitive". Using that incident as a tool, Dhankar moved against the judiciary. According to him, at that time the Supreme Court ignored the will of the people. Parliament was deprived of power. There is no precedent for such an event anywhere else in history. How can this happen in a democracy like ours?
Recently, several comments by Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju have again fueled the debate on the collegium system. A situation of virtual conflict has developed between the Center and the Supreme Court over the appointment of judges. Rijiju has been making statements almost regularly, objecting to the long-standing method of appointing judges based on the recommendations of the collegium. The Supreme Court has already objected to it. The Supreme Court alleged that the Center is lax in appointing judges following the recommendations of the collegium. The Centre's role in judicial appointments is disappointing.
Meanwhile, a bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar on Friday reserved judgment on a petition seeking information on collegium meetings in 2018. In the hearing of that case, Prashant Bhushan, the lawyer of the petitioner, complained that the expected transparency is not seen regarding the disclosure of the minutes of the collegium meeting of December 12, 2018.
"Let the system which is functioning not be derailed.., We are the most transparent institution" the bench said while hearing the case.
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