.Till 1993, judges were appointed by the executive in consultation with the judiciary but the judicial voice was neither dominant nor decisive.The executive's angst for a 'committed judiciary ',quickened the genesis of the Collegium,giving rise to a brotherhood ”consensus wherein middle-of-the-road appointments edged out better talent. The current judgment of the Apex court could also be seen posited with the new government's questionable choice of heads of various important institutions .The political class has much heights left to elevate itself. Hopefully the judiciary too would listen to words of its lone dissenting judge ,quoting Macaulay’s dictum, “Reform that you may preserve. " .Perhaps the time is not yet ripe for a considered finality on judicial appointments ,given the hiatus between a restive government and an apprehensive Apex court.