The Law Ministry has cleared the names of five judges suggested by the Supreme Court collegium for elevation to the apex court, reports TOI..As reported earlier, the collegium had recommended the names of Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Navin Sinha, Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, Dipak Gupta, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Mohan Shantanagoudar, Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and Justice Abdul Nazeer of the Karnataka High Court..Now, these judges will find their way to the Supreme Court, pending approval from the Prime Minister’s office and Presidential assent. If these appointments are to go through, the strength of the Supreme Court will increase to 28, as against a sanctioned strength of 31..Even as Chief Justice of India JS Khehar‘s promise of filling up the vacancies in the apex court appear to be coming true, there has been some speculation as to why some judges were not recommended by the collegium headed by him..Recently, the Madras Bar Association had requested the collegium to recommend Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Paul Vasanthakumar for elevation..Questions have also been raised with regard to the fact that Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Manjula Chellur, has not been considered, despite there being only one woman judge at the apex court..Justice Chelameswar, a member of the current collegium, also expressed his dismay at his brother judges’ reluctance to recommend Justice KM Joseph for elevation..The Law Ministry also reportedly signed off on the transfer of eight Chief Justices to different high courts, though it was initially reported that nine high courts would get new Chief Justices. However, it came to light that one of the recommendations, Hemant Gupta, Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, was facing an Enforcement Directorate probe in relation to a money laundering case..Here is a list of the initial nine recommendations:.JudgeCurrent HCTransferred toHemant Gupta, ACJPatnaMadhya PradeshRajendra Menon, ACJMadhya PradeshPatnaAbhilasha Kumari JGujaratTripuraT Vaiphei CJTripuraAP & TelanganaBD Ahmed JDelhiJammu & KashmirP Nandrajog JDelhiRajasthanHG Ramesh JKarnatakaMadrasTB Radhakrishnan JKeralaChhattisgarhPK Mohanty ACJJharkhandJharkhand (regular CJ)
The Law Ministry has cleared the names of five judges suggested by the Supreme Court collegium for elevation to the apex court, reports TOI..As reported earlier, the collegium had recommended the names of Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Navin Sinha, Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, Dipak Gupta, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Mohan Shantanagoudar, Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and Justice Abdul Nazeer of the Karnataka High Court..Now, these judges will find their way to the Supreme Court, pending approval from the Prime Minister’s office and Presidential assent. If these appointments are to go through, the strength of the Supreme Court will increase to 28, as against a sanctioned strength of 31..Even as Chief Justice of India JS Khehar‘s promise of filling up the vacancies in the apex court appear to be coming true, there has been some speculation as to why some judges were not recommended by the collegium headed by him..Recently, the Madras Bar Association had requested the collegium to recommend Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Paul Vasanthakumar for elevation..Questions have also been raised with regard to the fact that Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Manjula Chellur, has not been considered, despite there being only one woman judge at the apex court..Justice Chelameswar, a member of the current collegium, also expressed his dismay at his brother judges’ reluctance to recommend Justice KM Joseph for elevation..The Law Ministry also reportedly signed off on the transfer of eight Chief Justices to different high courts, though it was initially reported that nine high courts would get new Chief Justices. However, it came to light that one of the recommendations, Hemant Gupta, Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, was facing an Enforcement Directorate probe in relation to a money laundering case..Here is a list of the initial nine recommendations:.JudgeCurrent HCTransferred toHemant Gupta, ACJPatnaMadhya PradeshRajendra Menon, ACJMadhya PradeshPatnaAbhilasha Kumari JGujaratTripuraT Vaiphei CJTripuraAP & TelanganaBD Ahmed JDelhiJammu & KashmirP Nandrajog JDelhiRajasthanHG Ramesh JKarnatakaMadrasTB Radhakrishnan JKeralaChhattisgarhPK Mohanty ACJJharkhandJharkhand (regular CJ)
