The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Central Government that the collegium system is the “law of the land” which should be “followed to the teeth”. Just because there are some sections of the society who express a view against the collegium system, it will not cease to the law of the land, the Court added.
It should be noted that Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju has recently attacked the Collegium System on at least three times, calling it opaque & unaccountable, unconstitutional, and unsupported by the people.
However, the comments of the Union Law Minister have not gone down well with the Supreme Court. For instance, the Supreme Court today expressed its dissatisfaction of the remarks made by government functionaries against the collegium system while hearing a contempt petition filed by the Advocates Association of Bangalore against the Centre for breaching the timeline for judicial appointments.
The All India Trinamool Congress MP, Saugata Roy today in Lok Sabha opposed and challenged the recent remarks of the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju criticising the Collegium System on the public forums.
“Not that it’s perfect but the Collegium System of the Supreme Court is actually a bigger guarantee against the tyranny of power by the Central govt.Govt is trying to extend its power everywhere including Judiciary …it’s using a high dignitary to run down Collegium System,” Roy said today in the Lok Sabha while defending the Collegium System.
The bench made it clear to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General that they had to abide by the decisions of the Constitution Bench that established the collegium system for the nomination of judges.
“There are societal groups who disagree with some of the laws passed by the Parliament. Should the Court cease applying these laws on that basis? “, a bench presided over by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul questioned R Venkataramani, the attorney general of India.
Justice Kaul proclaimed, “There would be a collapse if everyone in society decided which laws to respect and which laws to disregard.”
Written by: Rishav Raj, Semester 4, RNB Global University, Bikaner.
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