Appointment of Judges in Supreme Court in India: A Review of Collegium System

Legislature, executive and judiciary are the three pillars of Indian democratic structure. The function and the power of each organ is clearly specified in the constitution, despite of this there is always a clash between these organs. The controversy arose in the appointment of judges between the executive and judiciary will be discussed in this paper. An overview of the collegium system and analysis of the appointment of judges has been made in this paper. All the cases related to the appointment of judges of supreme court and high court will be discussed and clearly evaluated in this paper. The supreme court of India held (NJAC) National Judicial Appointment Comissionunconstitutional and void and upheld the collegium system for the appointment of judges. As India is the only country in the world where the judges appoint themselves. To make the collegium system more democratic and transparent there should be certain changes in it. Ayush Pratap Singh"Appointment of Judges in Supreme Court in India: A Review of Collegium System" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-5 , August 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd17004.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/law-and-management/17004/appointment-of-judges-in-supreme-court-in-india-a-review-of-collegium-system/ayush-pratap-singh