Supreme Court said- Do not force to take a tough decision: Seeing SC's displeasure, Center said- Judges will be appointed in 5 days

The recommendation sent to the Center for the appointment of 5 judges in the Supreme Court will be approved in the next five days. The Central Government has given this answer to the Supreme Court in its affidavit. His answer has come after the displeasure of the Supreme Court.

In fact, the Advocates Association Bangalore had filed a contempt petition in this matter. There was a hearing on this on Friday. The court expressed displeasure over the delay in approving the recommendations for transfer of High Court judges and appointment in the Supreme Court. The court told the government that this is a very serious matter. Don't force us to take such a stand that will cause trouble. The next hearing of the case will be on February 13.

The names of the judges were recommended by the collegium.

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended 5 names to the government on 13 December. These included Justice Pankaj Mithal Chief Justice Rajasthan HC, Justice Sanjay Karol Chief Justice Patna HC, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar Chief Justice Manipur HC, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah of Patna High Court and Justice Manoj Mishra of Allahabad HC.

SC currently working with 27 judges

During the hearing, Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench of Justices SK Kaul and AS Oka that the warrant for appointment of 5 judges would be issued soon. The sanction strength of the judges in the Supreme Court is 34 including the CJI. Presently work is going on with 27 judges. This number will increase to 32 after the five judges take oath.

What is the Supreme Court Collegium?

The collegium on which this entire controversy is taking place is the system of appointment and transfer of judges in the High Court and the Supreme Court. The members of the collegium are the judges. They send suggestions of names for appointment of new judges to the Prime Minister and the President. After approval, judges are appointed.

The collegium system was implemented in the country in the year 1993. The Collegium consists of 5 members. CJI is the head in this. Apart from this, there are 4 most senior judges. Right now, it has 6 judges.

Center wrote to CJI to include its representative

On January 16, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote a letter to the CJI asking him to include his representative in the collegium. To respond to the Centre's stand, the Collegium headed by the CJI decided that this time the entire matter should be made public.

(ASHNA)