• ISBN13: 9780199485079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: September 16, 2018
• Pages: 324
• Original Price: INR 750.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

About the Book The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) judgment, on the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court, has been the subject of a deeply polarized debate in the public sphere and academia. This volume analyses the NJAC judgment and provides a rich context to it, in terms of philosophical, comparative and constitutional issues that underpin it. The work traces the history of judicial appointments in India; examines the constitutional principles behind selecting judges and their application in the NJAC judgment; and comparatively looks at the judicial appointments process in six select countries—United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal—enquiring into what makes a good judge and an effective appointments process. With wide-ranging essays by leading lawyers, political scientists and academics from India and abroad, the volume is a deep dive into the constitutional concepts of judicial independence and separation of powers as discussed in the NJAC judgment. About the Author Arghya Sengupta</b> is the founder and research director at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi, India. Ritwika Sharma</b> is a candidate for the LLM (2017–18) at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK.