National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) in October 2015 struck down both 99^th constitutional amendment act and National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014. The reason stated by SCI was that it undermines the independence of Judiciary and involvement of executive would compromise the integrity of SCI.

• NJAC Act, 2014 proposed to change the appointments of judges from collegium led to commission led. The commission thus setup consisted of 6 members – Chief Justice of India as Chairperson, two other senior-most judges of SCI, the Law Minister and two eminent members nominated by the Prime Minister, the CJI and the Leader ....