‘Govt must have say in picking judges’

Asserting that government must have a say in the appointment of judges, Union law minister Kapil Sibal has said that a proposal to replace the 20-year-old Collegium system to choose top judicial post-holders will be moved ‘very soon’ before the Cabinet.

Once cleared, the new system in the form of Judicial Appointment Commission will pave the way for the Executive to have a say in the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts.

The Collegium system of appointing adjudicators has not worked to the expectations and the government must have a say in such designations, Sibal said.