Judges appointment bill faces last hurdle in Rajya Sabha today

August 14, 2014 09:11

A bill to change the system of appointing or promoting judges faces its last test in Parliament today before it becomes law. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha a day after it was passed unanimously in the Lok Sabha, NDTV reports.

The bill sets up a six-member national panel to select Supreme Court and high court judges, currently picked by a collegium of five of the country's senior-most judges. The commission will be headed by the Chief Justice of India and will include two Supreme Court judges, the Union law minister and two eminent jurists

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