National Judicial Appointments Commission
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<entity_0> was a proposed body which would have been responsible for the appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary in <entity_5>. The Commission was established by amending the <entity_1> through the ninety-ninth constitution amendment with the Constitution (Ninety-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 or 99th Constitutional Amendment Act-2014 passed by the Lok Sabha on 13 <entity_4> and by the Rajya Sabha on 14 <entity_4>. Along with the Constitution Amendment Act, the <entity_0> Act, 2014, was also passed by the Parliament of <entity_5> to regulate the functions of the <entity_0>. The <entity_6> Bill and the Constitutional Amendment Bill, was ratified by 16 of the state legislatures in <entity_5>, and subsequently assented by the President of <entity_5> Pranab Mukherjee on <entity_2>. On <entity_3>, the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court by 4:1 Majority upheld the collegium system and struck down the <entity_6> as unconstitutional after hearing the petitions filed by several persons and bodies with Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAoRA) being the first and lead petitioner. The validity of the constitutional amendment act and the <entity_6> Act were challenged by certain lawyers, lawyer associations and groups before the Supreme Court of <entity_5> through public interest litigation writ petitions. Earlier in <entity_4>, Supreme Court had dismissed few Writ Petitions challenging the validity of <entity_6> on the ground that the challenge was premature as the constitutional amendment and the <entity_6> Act had not been notified then. In a collective order, on <entity_3> the Supreme Court by a majority of 4:1 struck down the <entity_6> Act, 2014 meant to replace the two-decade old collegium system of appointing judges in the higher judiciary.
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