New Delhi: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said the "judges will decide" on the response to the Central Information Commission`s (CIC) direction to the apex court to ensure transparency in the appointment of judges; while Law Minister Veerapan Moily skirted his reply.
"Our judges will decide," was all that the Chief Justice would say when asked by reporters on the CIC`s recent direction to the Supreme Court registry on the issue.
He was speaking on the sidelines of National Law Day
celebrations held at the Supreme Court premises.
Declining to comment Moily remarked, "They have passed
an order, what interpretation can I give?
The Chief Justice also refused to be drawn into a
discussion on another direction of the CIC to the apex court
registry to disclose within 15 days the name of the Union
Minister who allegedly tried to influence a Madras High Court
judge in a pending matter.
"I do not communicate with any of the judges of the
high courts," he said, while declining to entertain any
further questions on the issue.
PTI
