India, Aug. 27 -- The Supreme Court collegium's decision to push through the nomination of Patna high court chief justice Vipul M Pancholi to the top court despite a strong dissent note from justice BV Nagarathna, and the Centre's quick confirmation of the proposal just two days later, raises some questions over judicial appointments.

This newspaper reported on Tuesday that the five-member top court collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, JK Maheshwari and Nagarathna, took the decisions with a 4-1 split on justice Pancholi, even as the lone woman judge in the top court underlined that justice Pancholi's appointment would not only be "counter-productive" to the administration of j...