The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to finalise the memorandum of procedure (MoP) and put in place a “transparent, equitable, and merit-driven” framework for appointment of judges in the top court and high courts.

In a letter written to the CJI and the Law Minister on September 12, SCBA president and senior advocate Vikas Singh pointed out that the Supreme Court had already laid down a reform blueprint for revising the MoP and that these directions were not merely aspirational but actionable, and any further delay in implementing them was “indefensible”.

Proposing reforms in the MoP, the SCBA president said permanent secretariats should be set up in every high court and in the Supreme Court to maintai

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