Judge Cash Scam: Mukul Rohatgi’s Key Argument Against Judges Appointing Judges

Judge Cash Scam: Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi questions the judiciary's authority over judicial nominations and argues for the revival of the National Judicial nominations Commission (NJAC) in a frank discussion with Arnab Goswami. Citing Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's caution against granting "absolute power to one individual," Rohatgi contends that the current collegium structure is opaque and unaccountable to the people. He notes that the government-supervised judicial appointment system operated effectively between 1950 and 1975 until the Emergency upset the equilibrium.