The Calcutta Weekly Notes September 8 1952

We understand that during the last session of Parliament serious objection was takeir in certain Opposition speeces to the fact that appointments to the Bench of the Supreme Court and the High Courts are made on the advice of the Home Ministry and that the Ministry of Law that Cinderella of Government departments has nothing at all to do with them. [...] It may be that administration in the complex State of to-day is often interdependent but any suggestion even howsoever remote of judicial appointments being made by the chief arm of the Central Executive namely the Home Ministry is profoundly detrimental to the cause of civil liberties and of strict judicial independence. [...] We draw the very serious attention of the powers that be to this matter and we wish the anomaly of judicial appointments being at the disposal of the Home Ministry is removed without delay. [...] The learned Judge answered the question in the negative relying on the language of section 2 of the Act Notwithstanding any rule of Hindu Law or custom to the contrary the provisions of section 3 shall apply where a Hindu. [...] But where the order relates to Court-fee and jurisdiction the High Court may intefere even though the decision of the lower Court is in favour of the plaintiff.