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SC takes objections to Kiren Rijiu’s criticism of Collegium
Updated On: 29 November, 2022 09:50 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Attacking the Collegium system of appointing judges, Union law minister last week said: Never say the govt is sitting on files... you run the show then
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Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. File pic/ANI
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s remarks during a TV interview on Friday about the Collegium system of appointing judges in the higher judiciary. Rijiju had said that the Collegium system was “alien” to the Constitution. “Anything which is alien to the Constitution merely because of the decision taken by the courts or some judges, how do you expect that the decision will be backed by the country,” he had asked.
On delay in clearing names recommended by the Collegium, he had said, “Never say that the government is sitting on the files. Then don’t send the files to the government. You appoint yourself, you run the show then”. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka on Monday said a three-judge bench of the SC had laid down the timelines within which the appointment process had to be completed. Those timelines, it said, have to be adhered to.
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