Collegium System: The Supreme Court described itself as the “most transparent institution” and said that the collegium system should not be derailed on the basis of the statements of some people. The Supreme Court on Friday said that the existing collegium system should not be derailed on the basis of statements of some people who are “more interested in the affairs of others”. Along with this, he emphasized that the Supreme Court is one of the most transparent institutions.

What Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar said

The current system of division within the judiciary and the appointment of judges to constitutional courts by judges Amid growing row with the government over the Supreme Court’s decision on the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court said it does not want to comment on the statements of some former judges who were once members of the ‘Supreme Collegium’ and are now speaking about the system. A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar said that these days, it has become a fashion to comment on the decisions (of the collegium) when they (former judges) were part of the collegium. We do not wish to comment on his comments.

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The bench said that the present collegium system which is working should not be derailed. The Collegium does not work on the basis of someone who is more interested in the work of others. Let the collegium work according to its duties, we are one of the most transparent institutions. The bench was hearing a petition filed by RTI (right to information) activist Anjali Bhardwaj challenging an order of the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court dismissed his petition in which 47 December, 2018 sought the agenda of the meeting of the ‘Supreme Court Collegium’ held on .

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Bhardwaj, said that the former apex court judge Justice MB Lokur, who was part of the collegium in , publicly stated that in that year The decisions taken in the Collegium meeting on December should have been uploaded on the website of the Apex Court.