Supreme Court rejects collegium reference in election appointments hearing

The Supreme Court criticised a reference to the collegium system during a hearing on appointments to the Election Commission, according to NDTV. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta cited the method by which judges are selected while responding to an argument by Justice Dipankar Datta about possible bias in the appointment process for election officials. The court described the mention of the collegium as an attempt to divert attention, the report said.

The supplied material did not provide the full exchange, the specific appointments under consideration or the government’s broader submissions. It also did not state whether the court issued an order after the hearing. The available account records the reaction to Mehta’s intervention and the competing arguments over possible bias in Election Commission appointments.