NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium refused to accept the proposal of the executive’s right to reject its recommendation for appointment of a judge on the ground of national security as the Government refused to give the reasons for rejection in writing.
Though the Government is learnt to have held several rounds of discussion with the Chief Justice of India to convince him to accept the national security clause in the proposed Memorandum of Procedure, it was rejected as the Government is learnt to have insisted that it would not give anything in writing if a candidate’s name is rejected over national security.
Sources said the Government was only willing to share the intelligence report on the concerned candidate with the CJI and not the collegium of five top judges of the apex court.
The collegium, on the other hand, was of the view that if the Government gave the reasons in writing, the charges could be verified through independent sources. (AGENCIES)
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