Former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi and senior advocates Ajit Kumar Sinha and Dushyant Dave termed the decision as a "step in the right direction" which will remove "opaqueness" in the process.
"It is a very good move. For 50-60 years, meetings were shrouded in secrecy and there was lack of transparency. Nobody knew what was going on. People will now know who is becoming a judge and why," he said.
His view was shared by Sinha, a former high court judge, who said, "It will reduce the opaqueness and people who are really interested and concerned with welfare of the institution will be put to some sort of information, and information is knowledge".
Dave, while hailing the decision of the apex court, however, said something more was required to make the process more transparent.
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The senior advocate said this would help explain why a certain judge was selected and why others were not as the decisions taken by the collegium were a "fait accompli" since they could neither be challenged nor questioned.
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