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As the Centre repeatedly questioned the Collegium system of appointing judges, former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman on Friday said it was the bounden duty of the Government to accept and follow the Supreme Court’s verdicts on judicial appointments and the doctrine of basic structure.

The reference to a five-judge Bench was necessitated given the decision of the top court in NN Global Mercantile, which doubted the correctness of Vidya Drolia.

Modifying its guidelines on “living will”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday did away with the requirement of a magistrate’s approval for withdrawal or withholding of life support to a terminally ill person.

Reacting to the Supreme Courts decision to make public the RAW and Intelligence Bureau (IB) reports on the appointment of judges in the High Courts, Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said putting RAW and IB inputs in the public domain is a matter of serious concern.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The ministers remarks have come at a time when the government and the judiciary have differences over the process of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. India News | Kiren Rijiju Expresses Concern over SC Collegium Resolutions Making IB, RAW Inputs Public, Says Will React in Appropriate Manner.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that putting out RAW and IB inputs on appointment of judges in the High Courts in the public domain by the Supreme Court Collegium is a matter of serious concern and he will react to it at an appropriate time.

Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai last week said that Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud truly believes in the cause of women empowerment.

A day after he backed the views of a former Delhi High Court judge Justice RS Sodhi that Supreme Court has hijacked the Constitution by deciding to appoint judges itself, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that changes are also made in an established system in view of challenges and situations and that judges do not face elections or scrutiny by public and people make their assessments..

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The ministers remarks came at a time when the government and the judiciary have differences over the process of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. India News | No Mahabharata Between Judiciary and Government, Says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Amid Differences over Collegium System.

The Delhi-ruling AAP said on Saturday that Lt Governor (L-G) V.K