ORDER

1. The adjudication on the merits of the controversy, raised in this batch of cases, was rendered on 16th October, 2015, wherein a separate “Order of the Court” was also recorded. In paragraph 5 of the Order of the Court, it was decided to consider the incorporation of additional appropriate measures, if any, for an improved working of the “collegium system”. For the above purpose, hearing was fixed for (and commenced on) 3rd November, 2015. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned Attorney General for India, preferred written suggestions and supplemented them with oral submissions. Likewise, other learned senior counsel were also heard and they too presented their views. Submissions were advanced freely, solely with the objective of introducing measures in the prevailing “collegium system” of appointment of Judges to the higher judiciary, which in the perception of the concerned learned counsel, would improve the working of the system.

2. From the first hearing itself, it emerged that the suggestions were on diverse issues. A few suggestions, though honestly and meaningfully expressed, contained diametrically opposite recommendations. It was therefore felt that the suggestions received sho