Article 124A of the Constitution of India

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Article 124A of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) for the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
affectedBy Supreme Court judgment restoring collegium system ⓘ
amends Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalArticleNumber 124A ⓘ
constitutionalChapter Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalPart Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalTheme checks and balances in judicial appointments ⓘ
judicial appointments ⓘ
country India ⓘ
createsBody National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
definesCompositionOf National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
definesFunctionsOf National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
establishes National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
introducedBy Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 ⓘ
jurisdiction Union of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalStatus struck down ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
purpose to provide a constitutional basis for the National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
to regulate appointment and transfer of judges of higher judiciary through NJAC ⓘ
relatedTo Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 ⓘ
National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 ⓘ
judicial independence in India ⓘ
separation of powers in India ⓘ
relatesTo appointment of judges of the High Courts in India ⓘ
appointment of judges of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
replacedMechanism collegium system for appointment of judges ⓘ
shortName Article 124A ⓘ
status inoperative after being declared unconstitutional ⓘ
struckDownBy Supreme Court of India ⓘ
struckDownInCase Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India ⓘ
struckDownYear 2015 ⓘ
subject National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
appointment of judges to the higher judiciary ⓘ

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Article 124 of the Constitution of India → linkedTo → Article 124A of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 → affectedProvision → Articles 124A of the Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Article 124A of the Constitution of India
Article 124B of the Constitution of India → relatedProvision → Article 124A of the Constitution of India ⓘ