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Where is the confrontation with the judiciary possibly headed?

The SC had declared NJAC Act unconstitutional, arguing that the primacy of the judiciary in judicial appointments was embedded in the 'basic structure' of the Constitution

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Bharat Bhushan
Why did the vice-president (VP) and chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar, criticise the Supreme Court in his inaugural speech to the Upper House of Parliament? He claimed that the undoing of the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) by the judiciary was a "severe compromise of parliamentary sovereignty" and a "disregard of the mandate of the people." However, that happened in 2015, and there was no demand from the House for a discussion on NJAC. 

The VP's attack on the process of judicial appointments coincided with very public criticism of the collegium system of appointing judges by the union
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