Center told when will it approve the proposal of collegium for Supreme Court judges

New Delhi: Attorney General R Venkataramani has told the Supreme Court that the Central Government will soon clear the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium, in which the names of five High Court judges have been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as Supreme Court Justices. sent it. During the hearing in the Supreme Court, on the question of the apex court, the Attorney General told the court that the government would soon clear the names for the appointment of these judges and said that it would be done in a maximum of five days. The Attorney General said that as far as clearance in names for appointment of High Court judges is concerned, they should be given time to respond in that matter. On December 13, 2022, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the names of five High Court judges for appointment as Supreme Court Justices.

The Supreme Court has also expressed concern over the fact that the recommendation for the transfer of judges with the Central Government is also pending. A bench headed by Justice SK Kaul said that it is troubling us. Justice Kaul said that the collegium had recommended for transfer in November 2022. The court told the Attorney General that you should not force us to take a stand by making us uncomfortable in these matters. The Supreme Court told the Attorney General of the Central Government that sometimes when a recommendation is made to you, you take a decision overnight while sometimes you take several days, in fact you do not have unity in these matters. The Supreme Court told the Attorney General that the name of a Justice sent for appointment as Chief Justice of a High Court was pending and he was also due to retire in 19 days. The Attorney General said that he is looking into the matter.

During the hearing, Advocate Prashant Bhushan raised the question and said that the Central Government is not stamping the names which were re-sent by the Collegium. During this, Advocate Amit Pal said that the Judiciary is being continuously attacked by the people of the government. The court said that we have become used to seeing all this. The Supreme Court has fixed the date of February 13 for the next hearing. During the last hearing on January 6, the Supreme Court was told by the central government that it would follow the timeline recommended by the Collegium for the appointment of judges. The Center had told the Supreme Court that out of the recommended names, 44 names would be sent to the Supreme Court after completing the process in two to three days. By filing an application in the Supreme Court, it has been said that the Center takes time to clear the recommendation of the Collegium.

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SK Kaul asked Venkataramani what happened to the five names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as Supreme Court justices. On this, the Attorney General had said that this matter should be postponed a little. He had said that he has some inputs and there might be some difference of opinion. The Bench said that as far as the recommendation of five names as Supreme Court Justices is concerned, the Attorney General had said that the matter should be deferred as he was looking into the matter. During this, the Attorney General said that the timeline fixed by the Supreme Court for the appointment will be followed. They have instructions from the government that the time line will be followed.