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Uproar in Rajya Sabha over Judicial Appointment Bill
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS) After the government passed the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 and Constitutional Amendment Bill- which will change the collegium system of appointing judges- in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha witnessed noisy scenes over it as MPs demanded a discussion.
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and other parties demanded immediate discussion on the bill. JD-U leader Sharad Yadav was vocal for a discussion.
The Rajya Sabha speaker said the MPs should not be anxious and there would be enough time to discuss it.
The BJP government will have to get the bill passed in the Rajya Sabha where it faces a challenge since they do not have enough number of lawmakers in the upper house.
However, Chief Justice of India RM Lodha earlier endorsed the collegium system for appointing judges even as the government is against it.
"For God's sake don't shake the confidence of people in judiciary," Justice Lodha was quoted in media saying in connection with a petition on judge KL Manjunath whose promotion as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been challenged by the Centre.
"The collegium system has not failed. I am the person in the first batch appointed as a judge by the collegium system and Justice Rohinton (Nariman) is the last person. If the collegium system has failed then we are all failed," Justice Lodha said.
The BJP government will have to get the bill passed in the Rajya Sabha where it faces a challenge since they do not have enough number of lawmakers in the upper house.
However, Chief Justice of India RM Lodha earlier endorsed the collegium system for appointing judges even as the government is against it.
"For God's sake don't shake the confidence of people in judiciary," Justice Lodha was quoted in media saying in connection with a petition on judge KL Manjunath whose promotion as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been challenged by the Centre.
"The collegium system has not failed. I am the person in the first batch appointed as a judge by the collegium system and Justice Rohinton (Nariman) is the last person. If the collegium system has failed then we are all failed," Justice Lodha said.
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