Collegium recommends additional judge Justice Siddaiah Rachaiah of Karnataka High Court to be made permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of additional judge of the Karnataka High Court Justice Siddaiah Rachaiah as a permanent judge.

As per the resolution passed by the top court Collegium, the Collegium of the Karnataka High Court on August 6 unanimously recommended Justice Rachaiah for appointment as a permanent judge.

Further, a committee of two Supreme Court judges appointed by the Chief Justice of India in line with the Supreme Court Collegium's resolution dated October 26, 2017, reviewed and assessed the judgments delivered by Justice Siddaiah.

"As the views of the Chief Minister and the Governor of the State of Karnataka have not been received, the Department of Justice has forwarded the above recommendation by invoking para 14 of the Memorandum of Procedure which provides that if the comments of the State Constitutional authorities are not received within the prescribed time-frame, it should be presumed by the Minister of Law and Justice that the Governor and the Chief Minister have nothing to add to the proposal and proceed accordingly," the resolution stated.

The name was recommended after the Collegium scrutinized and evaluated the material placed on record, including the opinion of the consultee-Judges and the reports of the Judgment Assessment Committee.

As on October 1, the Karnataka High Court is functioning with 50 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 62, a vacancy position of 12.

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