To analyze an issue, one must start with a few questions: What happened? Why did it happen? Where did it happen? When did it happen? Who are the people involved? How did it happen? If you follow this strategy, you won’t miss anything and you will be able to answer all questions asked in the examination.
This week in our Current Affairs Lecture Series, we analyze the National Judicial Appointments Commission. The NJAC Act and the Constitutional Amendment Act came into force on 13th April 2015. The NJAC is set to replace the Collegium System of appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court and the High Court by a Commission comprising the CJI, 2 senior SC judges, the Union Law Minister and two eminent persons (to be nominated by a committee consisting of the CJI, PM and the Leader of Opposition of Lok Sabha).
At present, the validity of the NJAC is being examined by a 5 member bench of the Supreme Court of India and the Government has mounted pressure on the 5 member bench to transfer the case to a 9 or 11 member bench. This is being done as the Collegium Case was heard by a 9 member bench of the Supreme Court. The Indian Judiciary has historically been seen as Independent, Progressive and as a custodian of the Indian Democracy; hence, the executive action of having a say in Judicial Appointments is being seen as a move to throttle the Independence of the Judiciary.
Indeed through PILs, Judicial Activism and the use of the Writ Mandamus, the Indian Judiciary has played an active role in delivering Justice to the people. However, the Collegium system was not without ills. The Collegium System had been accused of not being transparent and not having the time to appoint judges through a proper process. And hence, there was a hue and cry against it.
What is NJAC all about? Why was it needed? What will change? How will appointments happen now ? What can UPSC ask from this topic?
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