NJAC Act case

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category gptkb:constitutional_law
Judicial independence
gptkbp:citation (2016) 5 SCC 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NJAC Act case
gptkbp:impact Reinstated collegium system for appointment of judges
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
Justice J. S. Khehar
gptkbp:judgmentDate 2015-10-16
gptkbp:officialName Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association vs Union of India
gptkbp:overruledBy National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014
99th Constitutional Amendment
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Supreme_Court_Advocates-on-Record_Association
gptkbp:popularFor NJAC judgment
gptkbp:powers 5
gptkbp:reasoning Violated basic structure of the Constitution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:National_Judicial_Appointments_Commission
gptkbp:response gptkb:Union_of_India
gptkbp:upheldDoctrine Collegium system
gptkbp:verdict NJAC Act and 99th Constitutional Amendment declared unconstitutional
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_Judiciary
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6