Selective delay in judges' appointment way of interference: Justice Kurien

Justice Kurien Joseph, who retired on Thursday held a tell-all press conference at his residence on Friday

Coming down sharply on the government, retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kurien Joseph on Friday said that the selective delay by the Centre in appointment and elevation of judges to the high courts and the Supreme Court was a way of interference in the administration of justice.

"In the matter of appointments and selection, the way the appointments have been selectively delayed, withheld, all these are in a way in interference. Look at the cases, some of the cases which have been selected by the collegium and sent for consideration by the government. For a person who is likely to