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The lawyer of the Supreme Court, NVHKAR Singhvi, said the Collegium system suffers from judicial arbitrariness and opacity. ‘The independence of the Judiciary will come from the selection of the right people’
(From the left) the lawyer of the Supreme Court Ashkar Singhvi, Arghya Sengarta, Summit Chaander, Ashish Dixit at Rising Bharat Summit 2025, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
In the midst of the controversy of the case of Judge Yashwant Varma and the appointment of Judges, the lawyer of the Supreme Court Ashkar Singhvi said at the Bharat summit of CNN-News18, the independence of the Judiciary falls to the heart of the Constitution. “Collegium is not the best system. But for any madness it has, the Collegium system is the best option we have.”
Singhvi also said that the Collegium system suffers from arbitrariness and opacia. “The independence of the Judiciary will come from the selection of the right people. The current school system must be reworked,” he added.
The Collegium system, headed by a president of the Supreme Court, decides the appointment and transfer of judges. The forum consists of four judges of the highest Supreme Court as well.
When asked about the procedures in the case of Judge Varma, Arghya Sengarta, Legal scholar and founder and Director of Investigation of Vidhi, he said: “We cannot transfer to the basic judges that it is a problem with the judge. There must be an investigation linked to time.”
The president of the Supreme Court of India initiated an investigation into accusations of misconduct against the judge of the Superior Court of Delhi, Judge Varma after cash batteries were recovered from its residence duration, a fire control operation on March 14.
The internal investigation of the Judiciary, which is different from the accusation of the Constitution, was carried out by the President of the Punjab court and the judge of Haryana Court Sheel Nagu, president of the Superior Court of Sandhaw Karnataka.
On the process of dismissal of judges, another lawyer of the Supreme Court, Summit Chander, said: “You need Parliament for that. The accusation is a process. You should speak in cases where the cases they deserve …
When asked about the authenticity of the internal investigation of the judges, Ashish Dixit, a lawyer, said the collegiate system has been in force for decades. You need more transparency.
The Supreme Court formed an internal procedure or investigation to investigate the complaints of alleged bad behavior against the judges or the superior judiciary. The resolution of internal procedures for action against judges was adopted in 1999 and was made public in 2014.