[rti_india] CJI’s worst moment

 

CJI's worst moment   Recommendation On Dinakaran Being Shelved   Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI   New Delhi: Caustic criticism and all-round opposition to the collegium's recommendation to elevate Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran to the Supreme Court, finally being put on hold, was one of the worst moments for Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan in his three years in the top post.     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 Delhi and four Supreme Courts in east, west, south and north to provide third appeal facility nearer to litigants," he said.     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. Lawyers appeal to CJI Bangalore: While welcoming the verdict of the full Bench of Delhi HC which ruled that the office of the CJI comes under the ambit of RTI, the forum of senior advocates of Karnataka HC has appealed to the CJI not to challenge the same.     "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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