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How many members are in the collegium system?
five
SC on President’s reference (Article 143) expanded the Collegium to a five-member body, comprising the CJI and four of his senior-most colleagues.
Who are the members of collegium?
Presently, the Members of Collegium are:
- N. V. Ramana (CJI)
- Uday Umesh Lalit (Judge)
- Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar (Judge)
- Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (Judge)
- L. Nageswara Rao (Judge)
How many Supreme Court judges are Brahmin?
The impact has been that out of 47 Chief Justices of India till date, at least 13 have been Brahmins (Justices Sastri, BK Mukherjea, PB Gajendragadkar, KN Wanchoo, AN Ray, YV Chandrachud, RS Pathak, ES Venkataramaiah, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Ranganath Misra, MN Venkatachaliah, Dipak Misra and SA Bobde).
Does Collegium ensure independence of higher judiciary?
It kept secret within the four walls of the body for proper and effective functioning of the institution that makes the system opaquer. The collegium system makes Judiciary independent from the politics. It separates the judiciary from the influence of executive and legislative.
What is true collegium?
What is the Collegium System? It is a system under which appointments and transfers of judges are decided by a forum of the Chief Justice of India and the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court. It has no place in the Indian Constitution.
Are Pandey Brahmins?
Pandey is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities of Northern and Central India. The name Pandey (meaning pundit or Expert) indicated Brahmins who specialized in all 4 Vedas as well as Puranas and preaching vedic knowledge and conducting vedic practices.
What is the collegium system in India?
What is the Collegium System? The Collegium System is a system under which appointments/elevation of judges/lawyers to Supreme Court and transfers of judges of High Courts and Apex Court are decided by a forum of the Chief Justice of India and the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court.’
What are the restrictions of the caste system?
Restrictions on feeding and social intercourse, with minute rules on the kind of food and drink that upper castes could accept from lower castes. There was a great diversity in these rules, and lower castes generally accepted food from upper castes.
What is the role of the Collegium?
The Collegium sends the recommendations of the names of lawyers or judges to the Central Government. Similarly, the Central Government also sends some of its proposed names to the Collegium. The Central Government does the fact checking and investigate the names and resends the file to the Collegium.
Is there nepotism in the collegium system?
In the year 2009, Law Commission of India said that nepotism and personal patronage is prevalent in the functioning of the Collegium System. 5. Collegium System is recommending the appointment of the judges without considering the talent available in the market.