The President has given assent to the 121st constitutional amendment bill on selection of judges to the SC and higher courts. For decades we had the judiciary having the final say in appointing its judges ,but now the executive would have the upper hand.Strangely though ,the change has come about when both these august institutions had been losing as much sheen as the other.Whether the amendment would be challenged in the courts remains to be seen.
The US Supreme Court appointments are being done by the executive for ages now.Our problems rest in the wide spectrum of cases handled by our SC as against preponderance of constitutional issues handled in the US.That makes our higher courts seem more active and mundane and politically very relevant.That being the case we would,over time,be necessarily swinging between processes of judicial selection, for quite a while yet.
The US Supreme Court appointments are being done by the executive for ages now.Our problems rest in the wide spectrum of cases handled by our SC as against preponderance of constitutional issues handled in the US.That makes our higher courts seem more active and mundane and politically very relevant.That being the case we would,over time,be necessarily swinging between processes of judicial selection, for quite a while yet.
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