Supreme Court of India
Anna Mathews and Others v. Supreme Court of India and Others
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For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any merit in the present writ petitions and, thus, we are not inclined to entertain and issue notice.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Art.217 – Collegium recommendat ion – Scope and ambit of judicial review in the matter of appointment of judges – Held: The Collegium of the Supreme Cour t takes the final call after considering recommendation of High ourt, inputs of intelligence agencies, comments from the governm ent, opinion and comments of the judges of this Court and a number of letters and communications from all quarters – Supreme Cour t while exercising power of judicial review cannot issue a writ of certiorari quashing the recommendation, or mandamus calling up on the Collegium of the Supreme
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India
- 1998 Special Reference No. I of 1998 v. -----
- 2009 Mahesh Chandra Gupta v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1992 Kumar Padma Prasad v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2009 N. Kannadasan v. Ajoy Khose and Others
- 2013 M. Manohar Reddy & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
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