Supreme Court of India

Anna Mathews and Others v. Supreme Court of India and Others

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 463
Bench Sanjiv Khanna and B. R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 10 February 2023

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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

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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

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