Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Another v. Union of India

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Reported as [2015] 14 S.C.R. 975

Bench Jagdish Singh Khehar, J. Chelameswar, Madan B. Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ.

Decided 16 December 2015

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Judiciary - Higher judiciary - Appointment of judges to the higher judiciary - Improvement in the working of the coflegium system - Issuance of guidelines to make the co/legium system of judges more transparent and .accountable - Government of India to finalize the existing Memorandum of Procedure. (MOP) by supplementing it in consultation with the Chief Justice of India-' The Chief Justice of India will take a decision based on the unanimous view of the coflegium comprising the four senior most puisne Judges of the Supreme Court - They would take into consideration suggestions on the issues

Authorities it was built on

1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India cited by 37
1998 Special Reference No. I of 1998 v. ----- cited by 12

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Of those, 3 relied on · 1 followed · 10 referred to · 1 mentioned

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