No clear norms to elevate Supreme Court judges are evident, says Olav Albuquerque
No clear norms to elevate Supreme Court judges are evident, says Olav Albuquerque Nobody knows how the collegium selects judges. It is unlikely the collegium dissects the judgments of probationary judges in the high courts or those to be elevated to the Supreme Court. If merit is vital, weightage must be given to all judgments of a putative Supreme Court judge, with extra marks for their recent judgments reported in law journals. The seventh woman judge of the Supreme Court, Indu Malhotra, will retire tomorrow amid adulatory speeches from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), w...
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