SC questions centre on delay judicial appointments
October 28 , 2017 2586 days 1775 0
A Bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit issued notice to the Attorney-General of India, the Centre's top law officer, to explain why the finalisation of the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high court’s continues to delay
Earlier in October 2015 Constitution Bench struck down the government’s National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) law.
In December 2015, Apex Court directed the centre to iron out the do’s and don’ts of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the high courts.
The apex court underlined that the “arrangement” of Acting Chief Justices in high courts should not continue for more than a month.
Six of the 24 high courts have been without regular Chief Justices for months.