The Supreme Court denied a request for details of a meeting of its top panel on the appointment of judges today . The petition had sought details of a Collegium meeting on December 12, 2018, on the appointment of two judges .
New Delhi (New York): The Supreme Court denied a request for details of a meeting of its top panel on the appointment of judges today, stating that these discussions cannot be disclosed to the public.The Supreme Court said that only the final decision will be published.A petition had sought details of a Collegium meeting on December 12, 2018, on the appointment of two judges, which were later publicized.The petitioner, activist Anjali Bhardwaj, had asked for the details under the Right to Information Act, but it was rejected and she had challenged the decision.The judges found that the petitioner relied on reports made by one of the judges present in that meeting.
The subsequent resolution was very straightforward.The petitioner's logic is flawed, according to the Supreme Court.In the meeting in question, then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and four senior-most judges-Justices Madan B Lokur, AK Sikri, SA Bobde, and NV Ramana-made some decisions on judge appointments.The meeting's details weren't posted on the Supreme Court's website, and their decisions were later reversed.Justice Lokur expressed disappointment in January 2019 that the meeting's resolution was not posted.