Supreme Court of India · 2015-12-16
SUPREME COURT ADVOCATES-ON-RECORD ASSOCIATION vs UNION OF INDIA
- Citation / case number
- SC 2015/439
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SUPREME COURT ADVOCATES-ON-RECORD ASSOCIATION
- Respondent
- UNION OF INDIA
- Author
- JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR CHELAMESWAR,MADAN B. LOKUR,KURIAN JOSEPH,ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
- Bench
- JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR,J. CHELAMESWAR,MADAN B. LOKUR,KURIAN JOSEPH,ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014, and the 99th Constitutional Amendment, holding that they violate the basic structure of the Constitution as established in the Second and Third Judges cases. The Court reaffirmed the independence of the judiciary as a fundamental principle, emphasizing that judicial appointments must remain free from executive interference. Consequently, the impugned amendments were struck down, restoring the previous system of judicial appointments.