The Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation for the elevation of a lawyer to the Karnataka High Court was refused thrice by the government because of his "deep affiliation" to a political party.
The chief justice's comments came days after Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar criticised the 1973 judgement which separated powers of judiciary and executive.
Senior advocate and former ASG Raju Ramachandran talks about the basic structure doctrine and the Centre’s attempts to take control over judicial appointments.
In his letter, Kiren Rijiju has suggested that Union government representatives be included in the SC Collegium and state government representatives in the high court collegium.