Will Manjula Chellur J. and G Rohini J. be elevated to the Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court of India has been functioning with only one woman judge for the last two years. After the retirement of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai in October 2014, Justice R Banumathi has been the sole woman judge adorning the Supreme Court Bench. However, this could change very soon..The Supreme Court’s Collegium is considering names for elevation to the apex court Bench. According to sources, one of the names which is being considered is that of Bombay’s Chief Justice, Manjula Chellur. Justice Chellur is due to retire in December 2017 if she continues in the High Court..Before she was transferred to Bombay, she was the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court for around than two years. It was expected that she would be elevated to the Supreme Court from Calcutta High Court but that was not to be..Besides Justice Chellur, the names of five other Chief Justices are also under consideration for elevation..Interestingly, another judge whose name has been a subject matter of lot of speculation is Justice G Rohini – the current Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. She has been serving as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court for more than two years..According to Times of India reporter Dhananjay Mahapatra, Justice Rohini’s elevation is one of the issues which the Collegium members are debating upon..Madras High Court Chief Justice, Sanjay Kishan Kaul is also one of the judges whose name has been doing rounds for quite some time now but upon which the Collegium has failed to arrive at a consensus..Justice Chelameswar boycotts.Meanwhile, Justice Jasti Chelameswar will continue to boycott the Collegium meetings. According to the Times of India, Chief Justice TS Thakur had written to Justice Chelameswar requesting his participation for the Collegium meeting but Justice Chelameswar turned down the request..The report, however, states that Justice Chelameswar had given in writing, his views on the candidates who are being considered for Supreme Court judgeship..The Supreme Court currently has five vacancies which will rise to seven in another month with the retirement of Justices Shiva Kirti Singh (November 12) and Anil R Dave (November 18).