Supreme Court: The five-member Collegium recommended that Justice Dipankar Datta, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court during its meeting on September 26. Since CJI Lalit assumed leadership of the Collegium on August 27, this is the group’s first submission of a recommendation to the supreme court.
The Collegium meeting to suggest judges to the Supreme Court only took place this week, according to sources who spoke to The Indian Express, because information regarding probable candidates was being gathered.
This information, according to what has been learned, includes the quantity of decisions made as well as their calibre and rates of disposal. According to sources, the action aims to create an institutional procedure to evaluate candidates impartially.
The information would also assist the Collegium in dispelling any concerns or objections voiced against a candidate by the government or by other members of the Collegium.
Justices D Y Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Abdul Nazeer, and K M Joseph round out the Collegium’s five members.
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The Collegium has developed criteria to evaluate a lawyer’s performance for appointment to High Courts, including a minimum yearly income, the quantity of recorded judgments, etc.
Before issuing recommendations, several Chief Justices have also met with candidates for a casual interview. Since the majority of candidates would have previously spent more than a decade in the judicial system and would be Chief Justices of High Courts, comparable procedures had not developed for recommendations at the Supreme Court level.
Strength of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court now has 29 judges, including the Chief Justice of India, as opposed to the sanctioned strength of 34 justices. The number of vacant positions will rise to seven justices with the retirements of Justice Hemant Gupta on October 16 and Chief Justice Lalit on November 8.
On September 30, the Collegium is anticipated to convene once more to debate additional nominations to the supreme court.
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The Collegium is said to have finalised its recommendations for the nomination of Chief Justices to various High Courts during a meeting on Wednesday afternoon.
Given CJI Lalit’s brief appointment, the Collegium he leads has until October 8 to submit its recommendations. The Collegium meets until the new CJI assumes leadership after the outgoing CJI proposes his successor one month before retirement.
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