Overview
The Supreme Court of India has the power of quashing the matter which seems
unlawfully according to the
constitution of India. Similarly, the Supreme Court quashed the amendment of the Collegium system of the appointment of judges.
This is the rule of the constitution in the country that regulates the law and its system of working in the country. In the history of the country, there was some moment when the
Supreme Court had taken strict action in the matter of law, the name of the famous case is the
‘Three judge case’ the further detail of the case is given below
SP Gupta V Union of India 1981
The case is also known as the judge transfer case. Many Writ Petitions were filed in the various High Courts
questioning the appointments of the High Court judges and Supreme Court judges
with the help of
public Interest Litigation.
All these Petitions were sent to the Supreme Court using the Su Moto power. The matter was discussed and seen by the Supreme Court and the subject of the case was whether the influence of the Court matters or not in the appointment or not. And the definition of the constitution was also discussed in the case.
This is the second case and is known as the second Judge case. The main question that was raised in the case was the independence of the judiciary is the basic feature of the Constitution. Included is the question of the constitutionality also raised by the petitioner who was the Advocate on Record in the Supreme Court and the verdict
quashed the amendment.
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