The Supreme Court Collegium has released its first statements of appointment for 2020. The body in charge of appointments to the higher judiciary has recommended that three additional judges of the Calcutta High Court be made permanent judges..To this end, Justices Shampa Sarkar, Ravi Krishan Kapur, and Arindam Mukherjee have been recommended to be made permanent. The three judges were elevated as additional judges on March 12, 2018..The term of another additional judge, Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee, has been recommended to be extended by another year. .A statement to this effect reads,“The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15th January, 2020, having regard to all relevant factors and the material on record, has resolved to recommend that Shri Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee be appointed as Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court for a fresh term of one year w.e.f. 21st March, 2020.”Justice Banerjee was elevated in September 2017. He will now likely continue as an additional judge till March 2021..From October last year, the Collegium had ceased to reveal detailed reasons for making its recommendations.Earlier resolutions detailed the way appointment recommendations moved from the High Court Collegium to the five seniormost judges of the Supreme Court. The views of the Centre and the information provided by the Intelligence Bureau were also referred to in some resolutions..Read the Collegium Statements:
The Supreme Court Collegium has released its first statements of appointment for 2020. The body in charge of appointments to the higher judiciary has recommended that three additional judges of the Calcutta High Court be made permanent judges..To this end, Justices Shampa Sarkar, Ravi Krishan Kapur, and Arindam Mukherjee have been recommended to be made permanent. The three judges were elevated as additional judges on March 12, 2018..The term of another additional judge, Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee, has been recommended to be extended by another year. .A statement to this effect reads,“The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15th January, 2020, having regard to all relevant factors and the material on record, has resolved to recommend that Shri Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee be appointed as Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court for a fresh term of one year w.e.f. 21st March, 2020.”Justice Banerjee was elevated in September 2017. He will now likely continue as an additional judge till March 2021..From October last year, the Collegium had ceased to reveal detailed reasons for making its recommendations.Earlier resolutions detailed the way appointment recommendations moved from the High Court Collegium to the five seniormost judges of the Supreme Court. The views of the Centre and the information provided by the Intelligence Bureau were also referred to in some resolutions..Read the Collegium Statements: