Judicial appointments commission to recommend and regulate selection of superior court judges, with parliamentary power to prescribe procedure. A National Judicial Appointments Commission is established, chaired by the Chief Justice of India and including two senior Supreme Court judges, the Union Law Minister and two nominated eminent persons (one from specified disadvantaged or minority groups) with three-year non-renewable terms; its acts are not to be invalidated by vacancies. The Commission must recommend appointments and transfers of Supreme Court and High Court judges ensuring ability and integrity, while Parliament may legislate the appointment procedure and empower the Commission to make regulations for selection and discharge of functions.
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Judicial appointments commission to recommend and regulate selection of superior court judges, with parliamentary power to prescribe procedure.
A National Judicial Appointments Commission is established, chaired by the Chief Justice of India and including two senior Supreme Court judges, the Union Law Minister and two nominated eminent persons (one from specified disadvantaged or minority groups) with three-year non-renewable terms; its acts are not to be invalidated by vacancies. The Commission must recommend appointments and transfers of Supreme Court and High Court judges ensuring ability and integrity, while Parliament may legislate the appointment procedure and empower the Commission to make regulations for selection and discharge of functions.
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