NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday scrapped the current scheme of appointment of law clerks (researchers) in Supreme Court, calling it "arbitrary and unconstitutional".
Justice Rajiv Shakdher abolished the system of inducting law clerk-cum-research assistant(LCRA) to aid SC judges saying there are no criteria or benchmark to justify why a select few colleges must be given priority. The court took exception to the fact that only select colleges were being considered fit to send LCRA to SC. However, the court exempted the year 2013-14 since selection of law clerks for this period has already been completed.
"I have no hesitation in declaring that the scheme/ policy, as formulated, is unconstitutional. This is not to say that SC's registrar general cannot devise a scheme/policy. It is
Justice Rajiv Shakdher abolished the system of inducting law clerk-cum-research assistant(LCRA) to aid SC judges saying there are no criteria or benchmark to justify why a select few colleges must be given priority. The court took exception to the fact that only select colleges were being considered fit to send LCRA to SC. However, the court exempted the year 2013-14 since selection of law clerks for this period has already been completed.
"I have no hesitation in declaring that the scheme/ policy, as formulated, is unconstitutional. This is not to say that SC's registrar general cannot devise a scheme/policy. It is
