CJI's worst moment Recommendation On Dinakaran Being Shelved Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN http://epaper.
No other recommendation relating to appointment of judges to the apex court had attracted such vociferous dissent in past three years. TOI asked Justice Balakrishnan, who completed three years in office on Wednesday, what his best and worst moments were in the period he had been the head of judiciary. He did not want to mention his best moments. "The best moments have to be pointed out by those watching the judiciary. There were many. But to identify a single incident as the one that gave me greatest pleasure would be difficult," he said. On the worst moment, he had no hesitation admitting that it was when the "collegium's decisions were challenged seriously". This is a clear indication that he was referring to the recommendation relating Justice Dinakaran, though he stressed the collegium had scrupulously followed the procedure before sending his name to the government for elevation to the SC. The CJI also did not favour crowding the apex court with more judges even as filing and pendency grows steadily. "The present strength of 30 judges and a CJI is ideal. But filing of new cases will soon touch 1 lakh per year requiring more judges. That is why it would be ideal to create a constitutional court in On a woman judge in Supreme Court, the CJI said he was confident that one would be appointed before the apex court achieved full strength of 30 judges. "We welcome the decision. We are of the opinion that both the CJI and Centre should gracefully accept the verdict. The decision is in tune with Constitution of India, a path breaking one as well as historic. There is no need to file an appeal donning the robes of an ordinary litigant," they said in the appeal . TNN |
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