President of India approves new judicial appointment measure
By Bradley McAllister on Dec 31, 2014 02:20 pm
[JURIST] India's President, Shri Pranab
Mukherjee [official profile] approved the National Judicial Appointments
Commission (NJAC) Bill [text, PDF] on Wednesday
to modify the judicial selection process in the nation's supreme courts
and 24 high courts. The bill replaces [Times of India report] the 20
year-old collegium system, which was criticized within India in recent
years. The Chief Justice of India [Supreme Court of India website] will
run the NJAC, along with two senior judges of the supreme court, two
eminent... +read more
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