{"id":252380,"date":"2023-07-17T19:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=252380"},"modified":"2023-07-17T19:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:19:30","slug":"sc-collegiums-quiet-transparency-is-driving-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-collegiums-quiet-transparency-is-driving-change\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Collegium\u2019s quiet transparency is driving change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cSC Collegium\u2019s quiet transparency is driving change\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on 17th July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Supreme Court Collegium under the present Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has quietly and transparently streamlined the appointment process of judges to the constitutional courts.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are steps taken by CJI to ensure transparency in appointment of judges?<\/b><\/h2>\n

While recommending appointments to the Supreme Court, the collegium takes into consideration the following three aspects:<\/span><\/p>\n

Seniority of Chief Justices and senior puisne Judge<\/b>s in their respective parent High Courts as well as overall seniority of the High Court judges:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The merit, performance and integrity of the judges under consideration<\/b>: For this, the judgments of the judges are circulated among the members of the collegium, well in advance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The Centre for Research & Planning of the court also prepares a compilation of relevant background material to assist the collegium.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 There is also a Judgment Evaluation Committee which goes through the judicial work of the candidates with a fine-tooth comb. The judgments are graded with the very best receiving an \u201coutstanding\u201d grade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Need to ensure diversity and inclusion in the Supreme Court:<\/b> It refers to the 1) representation of High Courts which are not represented or are inadequately represented in the Supreme Court 2) appointment of persons from marginalized and backward segments of society 3) gender diversity and 4) representation of minorities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cSC Collegium\u2019s quiet transparency is driving change\u201d published in The Hindu on 17th July 2023 What is the News? The Supreme Court Collegium under the present Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has quietly and transparently streamlined the appointment process of judges to the constitutional courts. What… Continue reading SC Collegium\u2019s quiet transparency is driving change<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-252380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}