The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice of Telengana High Court and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court as the judge of the top court.
With the retirement of Justices KM Joseph and Ajay Rastogi, the five-judge Collegium of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will now have Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant as its new members.
Judicial officers Girish Kathpalia and Manoj Jain on Monday were sworn in as Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court by Chief Justice Satish Chander Sharma.
The five high courts for which the Collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph, proposed new chief justices are: Madras HC, Kerala HC, Bombay HC, Himachal Pradesh HC and Rajasthan High Court.
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the names of six additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for appointment as permanent judges.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to the Centre the names of judicial officers Girish Kathpalia, Dharmesh Sharma and Manoj Jain for their appointment as Delhi High Court judges.
The Collegium headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud rejected the request of Justice Velumani and refused to reconsider the original decision. The Collegium in its resolution dated September 29, 2022, had proposed to transfer Justice Velumani to the Calcutta High Court for the better admi
The Supreme Court Collegium in a resolution has recommended five judicial officials Susan Valentine Pinto, Hasmukhbhai Dalsukhbhai Suthar, Jitendra Champaklal Doshi, Mangesh Rameshchandra Mengdey, and Divyeshkumar Amrutlal Joshi, to be appointed as Judges of the High Court of Gujarat.