Opening collegium to RTI will destroy judicial independence

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  • AG submits before Supreme Court on behalf of its information officer that Opening up the “highly-sensitive” correspondence of the Supreme Court’s collegium and its workings to the Right to Information (RTI) regime would make judges and the government “shy” and “destroy” judicial independence.
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  • Attorney General K.K. Venugopal arguments:
    (1) It RTI to be applied to the collegium, its member judges would not be able to sit back and have a free and frank discussion for fear that their confidential views may later come into the public domain.
    (2) The collegium recommends judges for the High Courts and the apex court.
    (3) A person has self-respect… Reputation is more precious than life itself. That might get affected due to this.
    (4) If reasons for his rejection come into public domain, will a judge be able to function independently? The entire future of the judge is ruined.
    (5) The public, litigants lose their confidence in him.
    (6) A judge whose integrity has been questioned and overlooked for appointment or elevation, is handicapped.
    (7) He cannot go to the press to clear the air.
Source
The hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 4th Apr 2019
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