No govt of Modi, by Modi, for Modi: Rahul targets PM

“Reality check from Supreme Court for the PM: No Govt of Modi, by Modi, for Modi,” he said in a tweet. On Friday, the Supreme Court had sent out a stern message to the Centre over non-execution of Collegium’s decision to transfer and appoint Chief Justices and judges in High Courts, saying it will not tolerate the “logjam” and would intervene to make it accountable.

Observing that justice delivery system is “collapsing”, a Bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, who also heads the five-membered Apex Court Collegium, had said: “We won’t tolerate logjam in judges’ appointment which is stifling its judicial work. We will fasten accountability.”

The CJI cautioned the government that if matters continued in the same vein, the court would be forced to intervene judicially and call for every file of every recommendation forwarded by the Collegium to the government for clearance.

Chief Justice Thakur had made an emotional appeal at a convocation last April in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the rising burden of judges due to vacancies and pendency.

The total pendency is 2.24 crore cases in various courts as of August 12, 2016.