Towards transparency – The Hindu (Oct 10, 2017)
The Supreme Court collegium’s decision to disclose the reasons for its recommendations marks a historic and welcome departure from…. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- spell out (phrasal verb) – explain, make clear, elucidate/clarify.
- collegium (noun) – The collegium system is the one in which the Chief Justice of India and a forum of four senior most judges of the Supreme Court recommend appointments & transfers of judges. There is no mention of the collegium in the Constitution of India.
- disclose (verb) – reveal/, communicate, make public.
- entrenched (adjective) – fixed, inflexible, instilled (habit, belief & attitude).
- discreetness (noun) – carefulness, caution, wariness/prudence.
- inevitable (adjective) – unavoidable, unpreventable, certain.
- pertain (verb) – concern, relate to, be connected with.
- window (noun) – opportunity, right moment, chance.
- strike the balance (phrase) – find a reasonable line of action between two contrasting things.
- opaqueness (noun) – uncertainty, mysteriousness, obliqueness.
- albeit (conjunction) – though, even though, however.
- obliquely (adverb) – indirectly, not in a direct way, evasively.
- transparency (noun) – clarity, straightforwardness, openness.
- augur well (verb) – bode, portend, predict (a good outcome/result).
- puisne (adjective) – denoting a judge of a (superior) court who is inferior in rank to the chief justice.
- with regard to (phrase) – concerning, with respect to, in relation to/vis-a-vis.
- conversant (adjective) – familiar with, acquainted with, knowledgeable about.
- mammoth (adjective) – something which is huge, giant, colossal.
- Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) – a guideline for selection of high court judges.
- shortcomings (noun) – fault, flaw, imperfection/defect.
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