Explanation:

Ninty Nine Amendement provided for Article 124-A.

 The new article 124A provided for

(1) The National Judicial Appointments Commission, which would consist of:

(a) Ex officio chairperson: The Chief Justice of India,

(b) Ex officio members: Two other senior Judges of the Supreme Court next to the Chief Justice of India,

(c) Ex officio member: The Union Minister in charge of Law and Justice,

(d) A committee (consisting of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People or if there was no such Leader of Opposition, then, the Leader of the single largest Opposition Party in the House of the People) would nominate two eminent persons,

One of the eminent persons to be nominated would be from amongst persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities or Women

The period for which an eminent person shall be nominated is three years. An eminent person shall not be eligible for renomination.

(2) The mere existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Commission cannot be the ground for the questioning or invalidation of any act or proceeding of the National Judicial Appointments Commission.