Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 122 · Decided 10 February 2023
Anna Mathews and Others v. Supreme Court of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 122 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 463
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 148/2023
- Decided
- 10 February 2023
- Bench
- SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 217, 51A
Headnote
Constitution of India: Art.217 - Collegium recommendation - Scope and ambit of judicial review in the matter of appointment of judges - Held: The Collegium of the Supreme Court takes the final call after considering recommendation of High Court, inputs of intelligence agencies, and comments of the judges of this Court and a number of letters and communications from all quarters - Supreme Court while exercising power of judicial review cannot issue a writ of certiorari quashing the recommendation, or mandamus calling upon the Collegium of the Supreme Court to
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