CJI calls collegium next week on return of Justice Joseph file

April 28, 2018 14:54

The five-member Collegium is likely to meet next Wednesday to consider the governments decision to return the name of Justice K M Joseph, Chief Justice of Uttarakhand high court, for elevation to the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra decided next Wednesday as the day for the meeting of the Collegium and indicated it to other members Friday. The Supreme Court will reopen Tuesday after the weekend and Buddha Purnima Monday.

No formal agenda for the Collegium meeting has been circulated so far but it is widely expected to be about the reconsideration of Justice Josephs name for elevation to the Supreme Court.

Pressure has been mounting on CJI Misra to stand up to the government to preserve the independence of the judiciary, particularly in the case of Justice Joseph.

Stating that the governments action strikes at the very heart of the independence of the judiciary, former CJI RM Lodha had told The Indian Express Thursday that the Chief Justice of India, in such a situation, should immediately call a meeting of the Collegium and take up the matter with the government. If the reiteration must be done, it must happen immediately. He had also stressed that the Chief Justice cannot sit over the file either, indefinitely, as cant the government.

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