Socio - Political Movements in Tamil Nadu Current Affairs Analysis
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
Articles 124(2) and 217 of the Indian Constitution deal with the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts
HEADS THE COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
The SC collegium is headed by the CJI (Chief Justice of India) and comprises four other senior most judges of the court.
EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM
First Judges Case (1981)
Second Judges Case (1993)
Third Judges Case (1998):
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014
Fourth Judges Case (2015)