new Delhi. The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking a copy of the details and agenda of the Supreme Court Collegium meeting held on December 12, 2018 with regard to appointment of judges in the apex court. Justice Yashwant Verma was considering a petition challenging the order of the Central Information Commission (CIC), which refused to give details on a Right to Information Act plea about the meeting, which was yet to be made public. .
During the hearing, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared for the petitioner Anjali Bhardwaj. After hearing the arguments, the bench reserved the matter.
Seeking the details of the collegium, the petitioner filed an RTI application on February 26, 2019. However, the petitioner was informed that the information sought was not considered appropriate by the First Appellate Authority (FAA) and hence not relevant.
The petition referred to an earlier quote by former apex court judge Madan Lokur, who on December 12, 2018 had not made public the Supreme Court collegium’s proposal to elevate Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Rajendra Menon to the Supreme Court. expressed disappointment.
In protest against the collegium’s decision of December 12, 2018, of which Justice Lokur was a part, the collegium later recommended the elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna to the Supreme Court, removing 32 other judges, thereby reducing the number of judges at that time. Controversy started.
As per the present petition, “The then Collegium took certain decisions on 12th December 2018. However, necessary consultations could not be done and could be completed as the Court was on winter vacation. There was a change in the structure. After extensive deliberations on 5/6 January 2019, the newly constituted Collegium considered it appropriate to take a fresh look at the matter and consider the proposals in the light of additional material available.
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