PART V THE UNION · CHAPTER IV.— THE UNION JUDICIARY

Article 124C: Power of Parliament to make law

Parliament may, by law, regulate the procedure for the appointment of Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court and Chief Justices and other Judges of High Courts and empower the Commission to lay down by regulations the procedure for the discharge of its functions, the manner of selection of persons for appointment and such other matters as may be considered necessary by it.]

Leading cases

Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (2015)By a 4:1 majority, the Court declared the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 and the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 unconstitutional and void, and held that the earlier collegium system of appointing Judges stood revived.

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