Tag: Justice U.U. Lalit

Justice UU Lalit, when suggested Justice D Chandrachud as his replacement when the mechanism intended for the collegium of the Supreme Court and described in the 1999 Memorandum of Procedure, was put into motion by the present Chief Justice of India (CJI). Because of this, the institution of the "collegium" system, which controls nominations in the higher judiciary, has once again gained attention. The term 'Collegium' refers to a system for the appointment and transfer of judges within India's higher courts that was created as a result of Supreme Court (SC) rulings rather than a statute approved by Parliament or a provision in the Constitution. The collegium has frequently been referred to as an extra-constitutional or unconstitutional group that was established as a result of Sup...