The National Judicial Appointment Commission(NJA

Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association Vs. union of India- The appointments made by NJAC (National Judicial Appointments Commission) was held to be unconstitutional. The case is based on the independence of the judiciary as the part of basic structure of the Constitution. This case is famously known as ‘Second Judges Case”. To secure the ‘Rule of Law’ which is essential for the preservation of the democratic system and the separation of powers which is adopted in the constitution with the directive principles of ‘Separation of judiciary from the executive’, the case was decided on 6th October 1993.