Judicial Appointment Commission Bill passed in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS) : In a bid to replace the collegium system of appointing judges and to reform the judiciary in the country, the government passed the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 and Constitutional Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The BJP government will now have to get the bill passed in the Rajya Sabha where it faces a challenge since they do not have enough number of lawmakers in the upper house.
However, Chief Justice of India RM Lodha earlier endorsed the collegium system for appointing judges even as the government is against it.
"For God's sake don't shake the confidence of people in judiciary," Justice Lodha was quoted in media saying in connection with a petition on judge KL Manjunath whose promotion as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been challenged by the Centre.
"The collegium system has not failed. I am the person in the first batch appointed as a judge by the collegium system and Justice Rohinton (Nariman) is the last person. If the collegium system has failed then we are all failed," Justice Lodha said.
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