Njac Verdict Supreme Court

In a report, Standing Committee on Law and Justice said it expects government and judiciary to finalise revised process that's "more efficient, transparent"

Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar today said any incursion by the three organs of the government into each others domains has the potential to upset the governance apple cart and asserted that all should respect the "laxman rekha".

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce today the verdict on bringing transparency in the collegium system of appointing judges in higher judiciary.

Eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani today asserted that Indian Parliament "is not sovereign" for its decisions can be challenged in court, as he hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising the Supreme Court verdict to scrap National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act on appointment of higher judiciary.

The Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on a judicial magistrate in Uttar Pradesh for initiating suo motu proceedings on sedition charges against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his comments on the Supreme Court verdict striking down the NJAC Act saying, he had committed a "manifest illegality".

Congress today launched a fresh attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his remarks on National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, warning the government against embarking on a path of confrontation with the judiciary on the issue.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday latched onto Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks over Supreme Court verdict on NJAC to fire his latest salvo at the Centre, saying the AAP has been demanding a Delhi shorn of "tyranny of the unelected".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Supreme Court's judgment which struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission for higher judiciary was based on an "erroneous logic". He said "democracy can't be the tyranny of the unelected".

The government is unlikely to rush seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict which overturned its law on appointment of judges to higher judiciary but would put forth its views on ways to improve the collegium system when the top court takes up the matter next month.

Defending the Supreme Court's verdict on the appointment of judges, Justice J S Khehar said that nothing happened "secretly" in the collegium system and that the executive always exchanged their views in "black and white".

The Supreme Court verdict rejecting the National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC Act today evoked mixed reactions from legal experts. Some former top court judges hailed the top court for upholding independence of judiciary while some termed the collegium system a failure.

The Supreme Court cited the Emergency of 1975-77, imposed by the then Congress government, while striking down a new law that would have given the government a role in the appointment of judges.

Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict holding National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as unconstitutional, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) termed the decision as a "great blow" to the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government which had brought the law.

The Supreme Court today struck down a new law that set a government a role in appointing judges, saying that the law was "unconstitutional".

Expressing "surprise" over the Supreme Court verdict striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda today said the next step would be decided after consulting the Prime Minister and legal experts.

In a report, Standing Committee on Law and Justice said it expects government and judiciary to finalise revised process that's "more efficient, transparent"

Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar today said any incursion by the three organs of the government into each others domains has the potential to upset the governance apple cart and asserted that all should respect the "laxman rekha".

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce today the verdict on bringing transparency in the collegium system of appointing judges in higher judiciary.

Eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani today asserted that Indian Parliament "is not sovereign" for its decisions can be challenged in court, as he hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising the Supreme Court verdict to scrap National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act on appointment of higher judiciary.

The Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on a judicial magistrate in Uttar Pradesh for initiating suo motu proceedings on sedition charges against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his comments on the Supreme Court verdict striking down the NJAC Act saying, he had committed a "manifest illegality".

Congress today launched a fresh attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his remarks on National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, warning the government against embarking on a path of confrontation with the judiciary on the issue.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday latched onto Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks over Supreme Court verdict on NJAC to fire his latest salvo at the Centre, saying the AAP has been demanding a Delhi shorn of "tyranny of the unelected".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Supreme Court's judgment which struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission for higher judiciary was based on an "erroneous logic". He said "democracy can't be the tyranny of the unelected".

The government is unlikely to rush seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict which overturned its law on appointment of judges to higher judiciary but would put forth its views on ways to improve the collegium system when the top court takes up the matter next month.

Defending the Supreme Court's verdict on the appointment of judges, Justice J S Khehar said that nothing happened "secretly" in the collegium system and that the executive always exchanged their views in "black and white".

The Supreme Court verdict rejecting the National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC Act today evoked mixed reactions from legal experts. Some former top court judges hailed the top court for upholding independence of judiciary while some termed the collegium system a failure.

The Supreme Court cited the Emergency of 1975-77, imposed by the then Congress government, while striking down a new law that would have given the government a role in the appointment of judges.

Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict holding National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as unconstitutional, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) termed the decision as a "great blow" to the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government which had brought the law.

The Supreme Court today struck down a new law that set a government a role in appointing judges, saying that the law was "unconstitutional".

Expressing "surprise" over the Supreme Court verdict striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda today said the next step would be decided after consulting the Prime Minister and legal experts.