Collegium System Subject – Polity Context – Rising judicial vacancies pose challenge Concept – It is the system of appointment and transfer of judges that has evolved through judgments of the SC, and not by an Act of Parliament or by a provision of the Constitution. Evolution of the System: First Judges Case (1981): When asked the […]

Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday announced its recommendations for appointment of chief justices in five high courts. Concept : The Collegium System is a system under which appointments/elevation of judges/lawyers to Supreme Court and transfers of judges of High Courts and Apex Court are decided by a forum of […]