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Examine the debates on the appointment procedure of judges to the higher judiciary in India.

  • UPSC 2014
  • 15 marks
  • Principal Organs of Government

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Who chooses judges decides how independent, and how accountable, a court will be. The Constitution settled the matter with one word — the President appoints after "consultation" (Articles 124(2), 217) — and the debate since is over whose voice has primacy.

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  • How the procedure shifted
  • The case for judicial primacy
  • The case against the collegium
  • The stalemate after 2015
  • Comparative models
  • Conclusion
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