In an interview last November, the Law Minister had remarked,
“You tell me under which provision the Collegium system has been prescribed…Never say that the government is sitting on the files, then don’t send the files to the government, you appoint yourself, you run the show…”
The Court took strong exception to these remarks, and orally observed,
“Let them give the power. We have no difficulty…I ignored all press reports, but what he says, that when somebody high enough says let them do it themselves, we will do it ourselves, no difficulty… It came from somebody high enough. Should not have. All I can say is, should not have happened.”
Source: Barandbench
