A petitioner, Rajiv Dhaiya, on Friday, challenged the Supreme Court Collegium System, demanding a return to judiciary selection system that existed before 1993.
"The Swaraj India Trust has filed a petition against the bench of nine judges, challenging the collegium system in the Supreme Court (SC), and we want the system which was prevalent before 1993 should come out," said Dhaiya.
"The SC has already passed three judgments that this issue should be kept in front of the larger bench of 11 judges. But the registry has not yet constituted the bench of 11 judges. The next hearing will be held in November," he added.
Dhaiya said that a petition has been filed against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also.
In a judgment passed in 1993, a nine judge bench of the SC had established the primacy of the judiciary in the appointment of judges.
Under the collegium system, the government has no say in the appointment of judges, as the collegium is the final authority.
Earlier, Chief Justice R.M. Lodha had expressed his displeasure over the government sending the nomination of former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium back to the collegium for reconsideration.
However, the government cleared the names of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Arun Mishra, Orissa High Court Chief Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and senior advocate Rohinton Nariman for appointment as apex court judges.
Reportedly, Senior Advocate U.U. Lalit's name has also been cleared by SC collegium for being a judge.
