Whose appointment as a High Court judge was quashed by the Supreme Court in the legal history?

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Whose appointment as a High Court judge was quashed by the Supreme Court in the legal history?



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The three judges case and the appointment of the judges with the help of the collegium act was quashed by the Supreme Court of India

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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 ofpublic 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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