Thread by @jamewils

Govt calling the SC shots?

Actually, there is now no need to amend the Constitution to bring back the NJAC — it is already in existence with a vengeance. At the present moment, silence on crunch issues is not golden.

Justice Lokur not minced words here
indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Notwithstanding the declaration of unconstitutionality of the NJAC, I believe its core functions are now being performed by a body minus the two eminent persons. So, the recommendation and appointment of judges has been taken over by a “new NJAC” 

Justice Lokur

The collegium cut off its hands when it reversed a signed and sealed (but not delivered) resolution on January 11. To an outsider, it appeared that a resolution of the collegium lacked sanctity — and this seems to have been exploited by the “new NJAC”.

If the judge was unfit or unsuitable for appointment as the chief justice of Andhra Pradesh, how did he become suitable for Gujarat?

When a former Justice of Supreme Court asking this scathing question, what figleaf will use as an excuse by the Court?

Have we not often heard the SC say that sunlight is the best disinfectant? And then, electric light the most efficient policeman? More than a month has gone by and even this recommendation has not been acted upon by the government.

Any protest?

Was former CJ of Madras HC spied upon by the IB?

Times of India reported on September 30 that the CJI had asked the CBI to “take further action in accordance with law” on a 5page report of the IB on financial and other irregularities alleged against her.

Justice Lokur wonders!

Should the IB be blindly believed — there is a well-known incident of a teetotaller being called a “boozer” by the IB?

Was the CJI kept in the dark about her being kept under surveillance?

How many other judges are being spied on?

Isn’t it somewhat unusual and frightening that judges, expected to render judgment without fear or favour, are subject to surveillance by the IB?

Can their independence be guaranteed under these circumstances?

We should also ask these questions!!