<p>The government has red-flagged a decision of the Supreme Court collegium to do away with the professional evaluation of additional judges while recommending their name for promotion as a permanent judge.<br /><br />The decision of the collegium and the subsequent opposition to the move by the law ministry could trigger a fresh round of confrontation between the executive and the judiciary.<br /><br />A senior functionary said the government has told the collegium — a body of top five judges of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice of India — that it does not agree with the decision to end the practice of evaluating the professional performance of an additional judge before recommending his or her name as a permanent judge of a high court.<br /><br />The judgements evaluation committees used to assess the judicial performance of additional judges till recently.<br /><br />The government has urged the collegium to have a relook at its decision to end this practice.<br /><br />The then CJI, J S Khehar, had in March informed high court chief justices that the apex court collegium has decided to end the system.<br /><br />He had cited a 1981 judgement of the apex court to say that the practice of evaluating the judicial performance of additional judges ran contrary to the order.<br /><br />Justice Khehar had also informed Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad of the decision to do away with the system.<br /><br />*Ex-CJI J S Khehar had in March declared collegium’s decision to end the system<br /><br />*Govt urges collegium to reconsider its decision<br /><br />*Move could trigger confrontation between executive and judiciary</p>
<p>The government has red-flagged a decision of the Supreme Court collegium to do away with the professional evaluation of additional judges while recommending their name for promotion as a permanent judge.<br /><br />The decision of the collegium and the subsequent opposition to the move by the law ministry could trigger a fresh round of confrontation between the executive and the judiciary.<br /><br />A senior functionary said the government has told the collegium — a body of top five judges of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice of India — that it does not agree with the decision to end the practice of evaluating the professional performance of an additional judge before recommending his or her name as a permanent judge of a high court.<br /><br />The judgements evaluation committees used to assess the judicial performance of additional judges till recently.<br /><br />The government has urged the collegium to have a relook at its decision to end this practice.<br /><br />The then CJI, J S Khehar, had in March informed high court chief justices that the apex court collegium has decided to end the system.<br /><br />He had cited a 1981 judgement of the apex court to say that the practice of evaluating the judicial performance of additional judges ran contrary to the order.<br /><br />Justice Khehar had also informed Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad of the decision to do away with the system.<br /><br />*Ex-CJI J S Khehar had in March declared collegium’s decision to end the system<br /><br />*Govt urges collegium to reconsider its decision<br /><br />*Move could trigger confrontation between executive and judiciary</p>