And yet, while it secured primacy for the judiciary, the Supreme Court also sought to moderate its powers through the collegiate system. For appointments to the Supreme Court and high courts, the CJI was to decide after ascertaining the opinion of at least two of the most senior judges of the Supreme Court (‘collegium’ in the Supreme Court). For appointments of high court judges (where the chief justice of the relevant high court is also consulted), the chief justice of the high court was to decide after ascertaining the views of at least two of the most-senior judges of that high court (the
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