Key Points

• The Supreme Court collegium has made recommendations to five new Chief Justices of high courts.
• It is the system of appointment and transfer of judges that has evolved through judgments of the Supreme Court (SC), and not by an Act of Parliament or by a provision of the Constitution.
• The SC collegium is headed by the CJI (Chief Justice of India) and comprises four other senior most judges of the court.
• Judges of the higher judiciary are appointed only through the collegium system and the government has a role only after names have been decided by the collegium.