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The Law Ministry notified appointment of Judges for 4 High Courts. Furthermore, 5 out of 7 Permanent Judges appointed on 30-01-2024 are women.
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Presently, Justice Prasanna B. Varale is the third Supreme Court Judge belonging to a Scheduled Caste after Justice B.R. Gavai.
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Justice Pratinidhi Srinivasacharya Dinesh Kumar, who was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 02-1-2015, is due to demit office on 24-02-2024 and will have a tenure as a Chief Justice for little over a month.
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Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale is currently the 32nd Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court and the only Chief Justice belonging to a Scheduled Caste among the Chief Justices of High Courts across the country.
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In a series of Resolutions passed on 18-01-2024, the Collegium recommended appointment of Judges for Calcutta, Jharkhand and Kerala High Courts.
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A total number of 4 candidates were recommended by the Collegium to be appointed as Judges of the High Courts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
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2024’s first Supreme Court Collegium Resolutions recommended the appointment of Additional and Permanent Judges for the High Courts of Bombay, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Gauhati, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and Punjab and Haryana.
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The Collegium recommended the transfer of Justice Chandrashekhar from Jharkhand High Court to Rajasthan High Court.
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The year end is near, and it is time to reflect on the past! Read this report to know all that was relevant for the High Court Judges in 2023.
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The Collegium on 27-12-2023 recommended names for future Chief Justices for the High Courts of Allahabad, Gauhati, Jharkhand, Punjab and Haryana and Rajasthan, whose former Chief Justices had either retired or were elevated to the Supreme Court.
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10 Months after Supreme Court Collegium re-recommendation, Advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan is appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Bombay
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Following the Collegium’s recommendation for appointment of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Justice Augustine George Masih, and Justice Sandeep Mehta as Judges of the Supreme Court of India, the Centre cleared the recommendation within 48 hrs.
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Following a meticulous assessment of the qualifications, the Collegium on 06-11-2023, recommended the names of the Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Justice Augustine George Masih, and Justice Sandeep Mehta, Chief Justices of High Courts of Delhi, Rajasthan and Gauhati respectively, to be elevated as Judges of the Supreme Court.
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The Collegium recommended the names considering the judicial track record of the Judges vis-à-vis disposal of cases and their competency, character and integrity.
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Consequent to the retirement of current Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, Justice Sanjib Banerjee on 01-11-2023, Justice Thangkhiew will take over the responsibilities of Acting Chief Justice.
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Justice Chowdhury who is currently serving as an Additional Judge of Calcutta High Court, is due to retire on 27-12-2023.
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The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the name of Justice Mridul as the next Chief Justice of Manipur High Court in July 2023; however, the recommendation was pending before the Ministry of Law and Justice for approval.
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The Collegium thoroughly scrutinized the recommended names on basis of the reports sent by the respective High Court Collegiums and material placed on record by the Department of Justice.
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Justice Muralidharan, who is currently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, had requested that he should be transferred to either his parent High Court or be permitted to continue in the High Court of Manipur.
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The recommendations were made by the Collegium keeping in mind the integrity, qualifications and experience of the judicial officers and advocates.
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