Senior Advocate UU Lalit gives his consent to be SC Judge

Senior Advocate Uday U Lalit has given his consent to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. He gave his consent few days back and is now scheduled to meet CJI RM Lodha on June 29, according to reliable sources..As tweeted earlier on June 4, the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha was considering two other members of the Bar for elevation to the Bench. One of the members of the Bar whose name has been recommended for elevation is Senior Advocate Uday Lalit..Once the government approves Lalit’s elevation to the Bench, he will be the only other member from the Bar to join Rohinton Nariman on the Supreme Court Bench..Lalit replaces former Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium who withdrew his consent yesterday after controversy erupted subsequent to opposition from the government..Disappointed over the controversy and the failure of the Supreme Court to extend support to him, Subramanium had written a strongly worded letter to the Chief Justice of India, saying that he was being targeted for his “independence and integrity”..Image taken from here.