The Supreme Court Collegium recommends Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh and Acting Chief of Madras High Court R Mahadevan for elevation to the top court.
The Union Government through the Ministry of Law and Justice on Wednesday notified the transfer of two judges of the Delhi High Court to other high courts. Recently Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their transfer to other high courts after judges have sought their transfer out of Delh
The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the transfer of two judges of Delhi High Court to other high courts after judges sought their transfer out of Delhi.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of six advocates, including Manoj Pulamby Madhavan for appointment as judges of the High Court of Kerala, trashing the Centre's inputs on Madhavan.
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the transfer of three High Court judges- Calcutta HC's Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya, Kerala HC's Justice Anu Sivaraman and Madhya Pradesh HC's Justice Sujoy Paul from the respective courts to other High Courts.
The Centre government, through Ministry of Law and Justice has elevated several judges of Calcutta High Court, Kerala High Court, Jharkhand High Court and Punjab & Haryana High Court from Additional Judges to permanent Judges.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of new Chief Justices for the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Rajasthan, Allahabad, Gauhati, and Jharkhand.
After the retirement of the second senior most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on December 25, Justice Aniruddha Bose has now been inducted into the five-judge Supreme Court Collegium.
As a lawyer on Friday told the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to think of reforming the Supreme Court's Collegium system and system of designating advocates as seniors, CJI said he is a "servant of the law and the Constitution" and has to follow the position laid down by the law.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its concern on the Centre's approach in clearing the name for judicial appointment as it noted that recent appointment was done "selectively."
Delhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Augustine George Masih and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta has been recommended for elevation to the Centre for Supreme Court judges.