He was speaking at a conference organised by Indian Women in Law (IWiL) to celebrate Women’s day.
The lack of transparency is such that even judges often have little clarity about how the collegium functions and where it meets, Justice Datta said.
“You will be surprised to know that not only we know what’s happening… we don’t even know where is the collegium sitting,” he remarked.
Judicial appointments must ultimately be guided by merit rather than numerical representation based on gender, he added.
He was speaking at a conference organised by Indian Women in Law (IWiL) to celebrate Women’s day.