The chief justice of India's tenure is about to end and the selection of a new justice through collegium process is started, again this issue on limelight about the selection procedure for the appointment and transfer of the judges through the collegium method. The process of the collegium has always been a matter of dispute between the executive and the judiciary. What is a collegium system?   This system is not enshrined in the constitution nor it mentioned in any laws, devloped by the supreme court through the decisions. It is a system for "appointment of judges by the judges". Transfer of judges are done by the judges, and all this, is headed by the chief justice of India. The collegium system constitutes CJI+ 4 other senior judges. History of collegium. Neither mention in the constitution nor in any laws, evolved after a long dispute between the executive and the judiciary. The strain was at the climax in the decade of 70s of the 20th century. A court packing, collec...