INDIA: LEGAL WATCH
MISSING FROM INDIAN DEMOCRACY: INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY
CRISIS IN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS SHOWS COLLEGIUM IN POOR LIGHT
2019-09-25 11:08
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Over the last few years, the issue of independence of judiciary in India has been in constant public domain and for good reasons, particularly after the landmark press conference of the four senior-most judges on 12th January, 2018, who decried the executive interference in judiciary. Ironically, one of the judges in the four judges’ press conference was the current Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, under whose watch, the edifice of the independent and impartial judiciary has almost crumbled. Before I get into the recent developments, let us first understand what is the meaning of independence of judiciary.