As students protest in National law varsities, Justice Bhuyan pushes for appointment of SC Judges from legal academia
Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has advocated for the appointment of distinguished legal academics to the Supreme Court, citing Article 124(3) of the Constitution. His comments come amidst student protests at national law universities regarding the Chief Justice of India's recent remarks.
Why it matters
The debate highlights tensions between the judiciary and student bodies, while raising questions about the diversity of professional backgrounds within the highest court.
As student bodies across premier national universities object to Chief Justice of India’s remarks and refuse to have him over for their convocations, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday (August 30, 2026) pushed for the activation of Presidential power to appoint ‘distinguished jurists’ as judges in the top court of the country.
“While our Constitution has a provision for appointment of a jurist as a judge of the Supreme Court, no jurist has been appointed so far to the Supreme Court though the Constitution has completed more than 76 years,” Justice Bhuyan pointed out at the 13th convocation of the 2026 LLM batch of the National Law University, Delhi.
Justice Bhuyan said that as important as the right to question was the tolerance to disagreement.
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