CJI P Sathasivam demits office tomorrow
April 25, 2014 10:59
Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam, who demits office tomorrow, April 26, spoke to J Venkatesan of The Hindu looking back on his tenure and discussing various issues.
Summing up his overall performance as CJI, Sathasivam says: 'In my period as CJI, appointment of four judges in the Supreme Court, six Chief Justices and 89 judges in the High Courts took place.
'As on April 1, the percentage of vacancies at High Court level in the country came down to 28 per cent. It was 30 per cent when I began my tenure as CJI. The first National Lok Adalat was held in the history of the Supreme Court in November wherein we successfully disposed of 71.78 lakh cases.'
About the criticism of the present system of judges' selection and the alternative suggested, the National Judicial Commission, Sathasivam says: 'According to me, the present collegium system compared to the alternative suggested is preferable. Even in the existing system, the States and Centre get the opportunity to express their views.
'Further, my personal view is that meaningful consultation should take place with more judges, meaning thereby, the consultation is not only within the collegium judges but also with others who are well conversant with the persons to be selected. As the judges in the collegium are familiar with the performance, capacity and area of specialisation of the persons to be selected, this is a better system than the NJC.'
You can read the full interview here.
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