There Are Whispers That Collegium Will Recommend Only Names Acceptable To Centre : Senior Adv CS Vaidyanathan

Senior Advocate C S Vaidyanathan on Tuesday said that there are "whispers" that the Supreme Court collegium will send recommendations only if they are acceptable to the Central Government.

"What has been sacred to all of us is the independence of the judiciary. There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they are going to be accepted by the government.his, I think a very very dangerous proposition, I hope that this does not ever come to be true. Because, if it's true, it necessarily means prior informal consultation. That would mean the very negation of independence of judiciary. And of the NJAC judgement", he said at an event in the presence of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit.

"If that is to be done, much better to review the NJAC judgement by a larger bench and then have a formal process of consultation, rather than having interviews in this manner. Because it is very very tropical. I thought I must mention, the Hon. CJI is here...", he added.

The senior lawyer was giving the vote of thanks at 2nd MK Nambiar Memorial Lecture organised by SASTRA University. CJI UU Lalit delivered the lecture.

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