The Third Judges Case of 1998[4] is not a case but an opinion delivered by the Supreme Court of India responding to a question of law regarding the collegium system, raised by then President of India K. R. Narayanan, in July 1998 under his constitutional powers.
Further, in January 2013, the court dismissed as without locus standi, a public interest litigation filed by NGO Suraz India Trust that sought to challenge the collegium system of appointment.
[5] In July 2013, Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam spoke against any attempts to change the collegium system.
[6] On 5 September 2013, the Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (120th Amendment) bill, 2013, which amends articles 124(2) and 217(1) of the Constitution of India, 1950, and establishes the Judicial Appointments Commission, on whose recommendation the President would appoint judges to the higher judiciary.
The Lok Sabha on 13 August 2014 and the Rajya Sabha on 14 August 2014 passed the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill, 2014 and the Constitution (121st Amendment) Bill, 2014 to scrap the collegium system of appointment of Judges.
The President of India gave his assent to the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 on 31 December 2014, after which the bills became National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 and Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, 2014 respectively.