Of the 33 judges currently on the Supreme Court, at least 10 are closely related to former judges, while an equal number had fathers who were lawyers, an investigation by ThePrint has found.
Earlier this week, RS Chairman Dhankhar raised the issue of NJAC, which was meant to replace the existing collegium system of appointing judges a decade ago.
NJAC, SC collegium for judges' appointment saw Kiren Rijiju clash with judiciary. With clutch of elections lined up, Modi govt needs image makeover, says section of BJP leaders.
Remarks comes day after Dhankhar spoke about NJAC episode in Rajya Sabha. Collegium system is law of the land on appointment of judges, says a three-judge bench.
Rijiju also criticised 'politics' within the collegium, and the Supreme Court's 2015 decision to strike down the proposed National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
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