The latest amendment to Article 124 was The Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, ('99th Amendment Act').
The bill for 99th Amendment Act, i.e., Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty- First Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, 2014, by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad and received the President's assent on the 31-12- 2014.
The words “after consultation with such of the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts in the States as the President may deem necessary for the purpose”, were substituted with words “on the recommendation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission referred to in article 124A”.
The first proviso to Article 124 (2), - “Provided that in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of India shall always be consulted”, was omitted by the 99th Amendment Act.
The words in second proviso, “Provided further that”, was substituted by “Provided that”.
However, the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Assn. v. Union of India, (2016) 5 SCC 1, declared the 99th Amendment Act, to be unconstitutional and void, as it violated the principles of basic structure of the Constitution which provides for separation of powers between the judiciary and the executive.