There is no precedent: SC judge

Kochi | Monday | 7th May, 2018

Summary:

Joseph to the Supreme Court, Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph said on Sunday. more-inThe Union government should not have returned the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium to elevate Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court K.M. Joseph to the Supreme Court. Justice Kurian, a member of the Supreme Court collegium, said that sending back the recommendation, picking out just one name from the list had never happened earlier. The five-judge collegium led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had recently deferred its decision on the government’s objections to the elevation of K.M..