Daily Excelsior Readers Write 10/09/16
A petition filed by The National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms, represented by advocates Mathew J. Nedumpara and A.C. Philip, can indeed be an optimised solution to the Judicial appointments dilemma prevailing since long in India. The conundrum revolves around the central motif that whether the job of appointment in judiciary be bestowed upon judiciary itself for the adeptness and specialisation engrained in or legislature owing to the mandate they enjoy or executive which is responsible to the Lower House. The petition seeks to mull on genesis of a public, transparent and responsible body neither controlled by the government nor by the judiciary, for the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts of the country. Such innovative idea would curtail the chances of selections on the basis of patronage, nepotism and favouritism prevalent in the Collegium system in judicial hierarchical setup or sensitive Legislature susceptible to vote-bank politics. A Commission should be formed which select Judges by inviting applications from all eligible candidates, inoculating the advices of all stakeholders, the Bar Associations, the public at large and finally should uphold the sanctity of such a high profile job by keep it shielded from all the factors that may trigger its formation.
A petition filed by The National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms, represented by advocates Mathew J. Nedumpara and A.C. Philip, can indeed be an optimised solution to the Judicial appointments dilemma prevailing since long in India. The conundrum revolves around the central motif that whether the job of appointment in judiciary be bestowed upon judiciary itself for the adeptness and specialisation engrained in or legislature owing to the mandate they enjoy or executive which is responsible to the Lower House. The petition seeks to mull on genesis of a public, transparent and responsible body neither controlled by the government nor by the judiciary, for the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts of the country. Such innovative idea would curtail the chances of selections on the basis of patronage, nepotism and favouritism prevalent in the Collegium system in judicial hierarchical setup or sensitive Legislature susceptible to vote-bank politics. A Commission should be formed which select Judges by inviting applications from all eligible candidates, inoculating the advices of all stakeholders, the Bar Associations, the public at large and finally should uphold the sanctity of such a high profile job by keep it shielded from all the factors that may trigger its formation.
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