Why law minister doesn't agree with the collegium system

Kiren Rijiju wants the government to have more say in the appointment of judges at the Supreme Court and high courts. These are his reasons...

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00:00Till date, in the history of the Supreme Court, there is only one judge in the Scheduled Tribe.

00:17The Collegium name that we sell here,

00:20apart from that, the government has no right

00:23to look for a new name for the appointment of judges.

00:26So, even though there is no reservation,

00:29we have requested the Collegium to try

00:32to get all castes represented in the judiciary.

00:37Looking at the diversity of our country,

00:40all castes, all religions, especially women,

00:43should be included in this.

00:56The Collegium is a joint effort between

00:59the Supreme Court of the United States

01:02and the Supreme Court of the United States

01:05in the United States of America.

01:08The Collegium is a joint effort between

01:11the Supreme Court of the United States

01:14and the Supreme Court of the United States

01:17in the United States of America.

01:20The Collegium is a joint effort between

01:23the Supreme Court of the United States

01:26and the Supreme Court of the United States

01:29in the United States of America.

01:36There is no parallel to such development

01:39in democratic history,

01:42where a duly legitimized constitutional prescription

01:45has been judicially undone.

01:54The entire process, which begins from

01:57the High Court level and comes right up

02:00to the Supreme Court, has transparency

02:03at every level. All stakeholders are given

02:06the chance to put their inputs.