44 judges’ names to be confirmed within 3 days: Centre to SC amid row over delay in appointments

During the hearing, the top court also expressed displeasure at the government for sitting over the cases of transfers, asking if third parties were influencing it. The top court said ten recommendations for transfer have been made and these been made at the end of September and end of November. “In that, the government has a very limited role. Keeping them pending sends a very wrong signal. It is unacceptable to the collegium,” said the bench.

The bench also pointed out that 22 names (for the appointment as judges) were returned by the Centre recently, and some of those names were earlier reiterated by the collegium.