latching on to the Supreme Court’s recent observations, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday taunted the Centre, wondering whether it wants to appoint “BJP lawyers” as High Court judges instead of adhering to the collegium’s recommendations.
“Why is the Centre not clearing names suggested by SC collegiumIJ Does Centre want BJP lawyers to be appointed as HC judgesIJ” Kejriwal asked. In a series of tweets, Kejriwal called the Centre’s attempt to “interfere” and “stall” the functioning of the judiciary as “shocking”.
His comments came in the wake of the apex Court’s reproach of the Centre’s non-execution of the collegium’s decision to transfer and appoint Chief Justices and judges in High Courts.
Observing that justice delivery system is “collapsing”, the SC had earlier rebuked the Centre and said it would not tolerate the resulting “logjam” and will intervene if necessary.