The impression that “judges appoint judges” in India is wrong. It is the government which “finally appoints the judges in the name of the President of India, the Head of our State”, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said on Monday.
Chief Justice Ramana was in conversation with U.S. Supreme Court judge, Justice Stephen Breyer, on the “comparative approaches of the Supreme Courts of the world’s largest and oldest democracies”.
“There is an impression that in India judges appoint judges. It is a wrong impression and I want to correct that. The appointment is done through a lengthy consultative process. Many stakeholders are consulted. The Executive is one of the key stake holders,” the CJI said.
