AMENDMENTS SECTION OF: 1

 THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014

SECTION OF: 1

 THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014

1MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE(Legislative Department)New Delhi, the 31st December, 2014/Pausa 10, 1936 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the31st December, 2014, and is hereby published for general information:—

1[31st December, 2014.]

1 An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.

1 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—1.

1 (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014.

1(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2. In article 124 of the Constitution, in clause (2),––(a) for the words “after consultation with such of the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts in the States as the President may deem necessary for the purpose”, the words, figures and letter “on the recommendation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission referred to in article 124A” shall be substituted;

1(b) the first proviso shall be omitted;

1(c) in the second proviso, for the words “Provided further that”, the words “Provided that” shall be substituted.

1 3. After article 124 of the Constitution, the following articles shall be inserted, namely:—

1 “124A. (1) There shall be a Commission to be known as the National Judicial Appointments Commission consisting of the following, namely:––

1 (a) the Chief Justice of India, Chairperson, ex officio;

1 (b) two other senior Judges of the Supreme Court next to the Chief Justice of India ––Members, ex officio;

1 (c) the Union Minister in charge of Law and Justice––Member, ex officio;

1 (d) two eminent persons to be nominated by the committee consisting of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People or where there is no such Leader of Opposition, then, the Leader of single largest Opposition Party in the House of the People –– Members:Provided that one of the eminent person shall be nominated from amongst the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities or Women:Provided further that an eminent person shall be nominated for a period of three years and shall not be eligible for renomination.

1 (2) No act or proceedings of the National Judicial Appointments Commission shall be questioned or be invalidated merely on the ground of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Commission.

1124B. It shall be the duty of the National Judicial Appointments Commission to—

1 (a) recommend persons for appointment as Chief Justice of India, Judges of the Supreme Court, Chief Justices of High Courts and other Judges of High Courts;

1(b) recommend transfer of Chief Justices and other Judges of High Courts from one High Court to any other High Court; and

1 (c) ensure that the person recommended is of ability and integrity