No stand yet on chief justice’s views on appointments: Moily
December 7th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The government has not so far taken a view on the suggestion by the chief justice of India on appointments to the higher judiciary, parliament was informed Monday.
“The government has not taken a view on it. I cannot give a positive reply,” Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said during question hour in the Rajya Sabha.
He was responding to a supplementary from N.K. Singh (Janata Dal-United) on the government’s reply to Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishna saying that significant changes were required in the process of making appointments to the higher judiciary.
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