The Supreme Court on Monday hinted that the frost between the highest judiciary and the Centre over the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) is thawing and differences would be settled by February-end.
“We will finalise the MoP maybe within this month,” Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar said. The Bench made the remark during the hearing of a petition filed by Haryana-based advocate Satya Veer Sharma, who sought transparency in the appointment of judges for higher courts. A reason for the rift between the government and the judiciary is the clause in the draft MoP that the government would have the authority to reject a candidate recommended by the Supreme Court collegium.
