more-inThe Supreme Court has laid down guidelines for designating lawyers in the Supreme Court and High Courts as senior advocates. Until now, the judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts had the sole discretion of according this status to advocates. Political interference in the selection of judges in the third and fourth decades of independent India resulted in the collegium system where judges select judges. The sooner the judiciary adopts such a mechanism for judges too, the better it is for the institution. Vaidyanathan is a senior advocate, Supreme Court of India

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2017 18:45 UTC