In the middle of the government's moves to change the system of appointing judges, Chief Justice of India RM Lodha today strongly defended the collegium system of judges selecting judges. "For God's sake don't shake the confidence of people in judiciary," Justice Lodha said while hearing a petition connected to controversial judge KL Manjunath - whose promotion as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been strongly opposed by the Centre.
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