SCBA condemns collegium in SC

SCBA condemns collegium in SC

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 12:59 AM IST
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New Delhi : The apex court’s Bar on Wednesday strongly backed the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) and sharply attacked the collegium system which produced judges who give relief to film stars and politicians while the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the 2002 Gujarat riots have not got justice.

Referring to cases related to these two riots, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President and senior advocate Dushyant Dave told a five-judge bench headed by Justice J S Khehar that common man and the victims of violations of human rights have not been given justice.

“It’s a shame on us that we have not delivered justice to cases related to violations of human values and human rights,” the bench, also comprising justices J Chelameswar, M B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel said.

 At one stage during arguments, he said persons like Maya Kodnani, a former Guajarat minister convicted in a riots case, are getting relief on the one hand and on the other, activist Teesta Setalvad had to run from pillar to post to get anticipatory bail, he said. The Bar leader gave several recent instances without naming the persons where a convicted politician and two Bollywood stars got relief from the Supreme Court and two different High Courts respectively. “Why film stars and politicians get instant relief from courts and the common man suffers for years,” Dave raised a question and answered himself,”It is because of bad judges.”

Dave asked the judges to “wear burqa” and walk on court’s corridor to have a first-hand account of the status of the judicial system.

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