{"id":3226,"date":"2023-09-26T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:23:26","slug":"sc-raises-issue-of-pendency-of-70-collegium-recommendations-with-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-raises-issue-of-pendency-of-70-collegium-recommendations-with-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Raises Issue Of Pendency Of 70 Collegium Recommendations With Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, Sept 26: The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>voiced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>disappointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“delay”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>find\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>solution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>70\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unacted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>upon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Attorney\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Venkataramani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>week\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>directions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proposals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kishan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sudhanshu\u00a0<\/span>Dhulia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highlighted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>issue.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quiet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>short\u00a0<\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won’t\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quiet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>course\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instructed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Venkataramani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>“use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>your\u00a0<\/span>good\u00a0<\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>see\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resolved.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>80\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>cleared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>week,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Currently,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>70\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suggestions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>26\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judicial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transfers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reiterations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>waiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>having\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collegium,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nomination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highly\u00a0<\/span>contentious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>court.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>waiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven-month\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>suggestions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>waiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>underwent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>processing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>move\u00a0<\/span><\/span>things\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>keep\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>careful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eye.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>amount\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>completed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>25th,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>topic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discussed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>12\u00a0<\/span>days.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>member\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>apex\u00a0<\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oversees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>recruitment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>courts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>frequently\u00a0<\/span>clashed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span>system\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>drawn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>criticism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>variety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Law\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Advocates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Association\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bengaluru,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allegedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>failing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>follow\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deadline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2021\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Prashant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhushan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>non-profit\u00a0<\/span>organisation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Common\u00a0<\/span>Cause,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>produced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>chart\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outlining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suggestions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>pending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>hearing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>What\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerning,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>even\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommends\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>once,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>separates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>makes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointments.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>my\u00a0<\/span><\/span>information,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>withdrawn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>consents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>negative\u00a0<\/span>effect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>morale,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>waiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>returning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agreed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhushan’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opinions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>really\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how\u00a0<\/span>qualified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applicants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>withdrawing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>consent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>serve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>9,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>posted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>further\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>try\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>get\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>best\u00a0<\/span><\/span>talents,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pendency,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whose\u00a0<\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judgeship\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>withdrawn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>names,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>petitioners,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Advocates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Association\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bengaluru”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhushan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arvind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dattar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deadline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adhered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“hard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>push.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>delay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointments,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>seniority,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>lost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>withdrew\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>names.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Due\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>role\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hold,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>am\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>excellent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>With\u00a0<\/span><\/span>AG’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promise,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I’ll\u00a0<\/span>bring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>subject\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span>days.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>ideas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comments,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span><\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>asking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span>days,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>holding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Bhushan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>directive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adherence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>deadline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collegium’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quiet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>short\u00a0<\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won’t\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quiet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>your\u00a0<\/span>influence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>see\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>problems\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remedied,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advised.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Attorney\u00a0<\/span>General,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>KK\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Venugopal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>good\u00a0<\/span>offices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>cleared,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>partial\u00a0<\/span>success.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>13,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>directive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>directing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>expected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>done”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relation\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>transfer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>voiced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>displeasure,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>describing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“very\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issue,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>delay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>transfer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>informed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>6\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“conform”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deadlines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>established\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>processing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>names\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suggested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>courts.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>One\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arguments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“wilful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disobedience”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deadline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>20,\u00a0<\/span>2021\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>help\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prompt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justices.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>decision,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unanimously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reiterates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>recommendations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>nominate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>weeks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u00a0noted\u00a0that\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0these\u00a0recommendations\u00a0had\u00a0been\u00a0waiting\u00a0since\u00a0November\u00a0of\u00a0last\u00a0year. According\u00a0to\u00a0Justice\u00a0Kaul,\u00a0there\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0a\u00a0seven-month\u00a0pause\u00a0since\u00a0the\u00a0suggestions\u00a0that\u00a0are\u00a0still\u00a0waiting\u00a0underwent\u00a0basic\u00a0processing. “We\u00a0have\u00a0made\u00a0an\u00a0effort\u00a0to\u00a0move\u00a0things\u00a0along\u00a0and\u00a0keep\u00a0a\u00a0careful\u00a0eye. 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