Abolish collegium system for appointment of judges: Bar Council

Views : who dare to do ? Abolish collegium system for appointment of judges: Bar Council 9/23/2013 23.9.2013 (UNI) The Bar Council of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association have called for abolition of collegium system for appointing Supreme Court and High Court judges as the collegium system lacks transparency. The legal fraternity has also rejected the judicial accountability bill brought by the UPA government for not having a say in the appointment of the judges of the SC and HC. All speakers including leading jurists such as SS Nariman, KK Venugopal, Bar Council of India chief Manan Kumar Mishra and SC bar association president M M Krishnamani have advocated that legal fraternity should also be taken into confidence in selecting judges for the SC and HC. Aam Aadmi Party leader and SC advocate Prashat Bhushan, however, pleaded for setting up of a full time professional committee for selection of judges by inviting applications from the candidates through advertisements and selecting them through interview and their performance and reputation as lawyers as well judges. The view were expressed by the representatives of state bar council and many advocates in a meeting held on September 20 in the SC lawns. UNI