💡 In Simple Words

This article was added by the 99th Constitutional Amendment (2014) to create a new body for recommending judicial appointments, replacing the judge-led collegium system with one that included the Law Minister and two outside "eminent persons". However, the Supreme Court declared this entire article - and the 99th Amendment itself - unconstitutional in October 2015, ruling that including the Law Minister and government-influenced nominees on the panel compromised judicial independence, a core "basic structure" feature of the Constitution the Supreme Court has held even a constitutional amendment cannot destroy. This provision remains printed in the constitutional text but has no legal effect today.