President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the creation of a National Judicial Appointments Commission, which will replace the two-decade-old Collegium System of appointing judges to the higher courts.
The presidential assent was reportedly given after 16 of the 29 states had earlier ratified the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.
The Bill had been cleared by Parliament in August this year.
Henceforth, the National Judicial Appointments Commission will appoint and transfer judges to the Supreme Courts and the 24 high courts.
The NJAC will be headed by the Chief Justice of India. Two senior judges will represent the judiciary on the commission. The Law and Justice Minister and two eminent personalities will be the other members of the commission.
