Parliament shouldn’t interfere in Judiciary's domain: CJI R M Lodha

New Delhi: A day after the Parliament approved scrapping of the collegium system for appointment of judges in higher courts, the Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha on Friday said the Parliament and the Executive should not interfere in the domain of Judiciary.

“I am sure that people in the Judiciary, Executive and in the Parliament are mature enough to have mutual respect for each other and ensure that each of them is permitted to work in their sphere unhindered by any extraneous influence,” Justice Lodha said after unfurling tricolour in the Supreme Court premises.

He said our Constitution makers made it sure that all organs of the state operate in their respective field without encroaching upon the other’s domain. The CJI noted that while judiciary appoints less then 1,000 judges (of SC and HCs) the states appoint 19,000 judges in lower courts.