*इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस राजेश बिंदल अब होंगे सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जज,*

सुप्रीम कोर्ट कोलेजियम ने इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस राजेश बिंदल सुप्रीम कोर्ट जज नियुक्ति करने की सिफारिश की,

गुजरात हाईकोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस अरविंद कुमार को भी सुप्रीम कोर्ट जज नियुक्ति करने की सिफारिश की गई है,

सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 34 जजों के पद हैं,

इन पदों के सापेक्ष 27 जज ही कार्यरत हैं,

सुप्रीम कोर्ट इससे पूर्व 13 दिसंबर 2022 को हाईकोर्ट के 5 जजों को सुप्रीम कोर्ट जज बनाने की संस्तुति केंद्र सरकार को भेज चुकी है।

इसमें इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट से राजस्थान हाईकोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस पंकज मित्तल व सीनियर जज मनोज मिश्र का नाम शामिल है।

सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा भेजी गई इन सिफारिशों पर केंद्र सरकार ही नियुक्ति की अधिसूचना जारी करेगी।

 

Re: Filling up vacancies of judges in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of thirty
four Judges and is presently functioning with twenty seven Judges.
Thus, there are seven clear vacancies.
On 13 December 2022, the Collegium recommended five
names for appointment as Judges of the Supreme Court, namely
(i) Mr Justice Pankaj Mithal, (ii) Mr Justice Sanjay Karol, (iii) Mr
Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar, (iv) Mr Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah,
and (v) Mr Justice Manoj Misra. Their appointment is yet to be
notified by the Government. The Collegium resolves to recommend
two more names for appointment as Judges of the Supreme Court
against the two remaining vacancies.
The Collegium deliberated on and discussed the names of Chief
Justices and senior puisne Judges of the High Courts eligible for
appointment to the Supreme Court. Judgments authored by those
falling in the zone of consideration for elevation to the Supreme Court
were circulated among the members of the Collegium for a
meaningful discussion on and assessment of their judicial acumen.
After carefully evaluating the merit, integrity and competence
of eligible Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges of the High Courts
and also accommodating a plurality of considerations, the Collegium
finds the following persons to be more deserving and suitable in all
respects for being appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India:

a,

and that at present, the Bench of the Supreme Court is represented by

two Judges from the Karnataka High Court.

While recommending the above names the Collegium has taken

into consideration the following aspects:

The seniority of Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges in their

respective parent High Courts as well as overall seniority of the

High Court Judges;

b.

The merit, performance and integrity of the judges under

consideration; and

c.

The need to ensure diversity and inclusion in the Supreme

Court by:

(i)

representation of High Courts which are not represented

or are inadequately represented, in the Supreme Court;

(ii) appointing persons from marginalized and backward

segments of society;

(iii) gender diversity; and

(iv) representation of minorities.

The Collegium resolves to recommend that (i) Mr Justice

Rajesh Bindal and (ii) Mr Justice Aravind Kumar, be appointed as

Judges of the Supreme Court of India.

The names recommended earlier by the Collegium by its

resolution dated 13 December 2022 shall have precedence over the

two names recommended presently for appointment to the Supreme

Court. Therefore, the appointments of five judges recommended on

13 December 2022 should be notified separately and earlier in point

of time before the two judges recommended by this resolution.

The resolution of the Collegium in regard to the appointment
of Mr Justice Rajesh Bindal, Chief Justice of the High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad is unanimous. However, in regard to the
appointment of Mr Justice Aravind Kumar, Chief Justice of the High
Court of Gujarat, Justice K M Joseph has expressed his reservations
on the ground that his name can be considered at a later stage.
( Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud ), CJI
( Sanjay Kishan Kaul ), J
( K.M. Joseph ), J
( M.R. Shah ), J
( Ajay Rastogi ), J
( Sanjiv Khanna ), J