The Legal Constraint — Why a New NJAC Cannot Work

The Supreme Court's 4:1 ruling in the Fourth Judges Case (2015) [@cite_njac_2015; @cite_scobserver_njac_struck_down] held the NJAC unconstitutional on three grounds: (a) the Union Law Minister's presence constituted direct executive overreach; (b) the two-member veto gave non-judicial figures power to override judicial primacy; (c) the Constitution's basic structure requires the judiciary's primacy in its own appointments.

An NJAC with Leaders of Opposition in binding positions recreates the same problem with different faces. It will be struck down. This is not a risk — it is a legal certainty given the explicit reasoning in the 2015 ruling.