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National Judicial Accountability Act

The stage is set for a battle royal regarding the promulgation of the NJAC in the Supreme Court.While the AOR association has stressed the need of independence of the Judiciary,the Supreme Court Bar association has come out in favor of the NJAC.The stand of the SCBA is that the NJAC Act balance the judiciary,executive and the civil society.It will reduce the opacity that currently prevails in the collegium system of selection.

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