He said the SC should have taken the decision on the administrative side as the states would have then the option to challenge the decision. "High courts are constitutional bodies and they have their own independence and empowered with roles. This is a pure legislative exercise and the SC should refrain from interfering in it. "It is the HC which is to decide selection process and there cannot be an external selection process," he said. Lack of sufficient number of judges in lower courts has resulted in staggering number of pendency of cases.

Source: Times of India August 19, 2017 14:35 UTC