Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News
The Supreme Court Collegium led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI on 5-2-2025 had approved the proposal to appoint the 2 Judicial Officers as Judges of Delhi High Court.
The Collegium led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI on 5-2-2025 issued the statement concerning the appointments.
“The tendency of malign the reputation of the judicial officer by the disgruntled elements, who failed to secure an order which they desire, is on the increase and it is high time that serious note is taken of the same.”
The Collegium on 11-1-2025 recommended appointment of Judges for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Courts.
PILs were instituted highlighting the sorry state of affairs of the residential houses for Judicial Officers and of courtrooms. The PIL also recorded that there is lack of residential houses available for the Officers.
On 22-12-2024, the Collegium recommended six candidates to be appointed as Judges in four High Courts of India.
On 15-10-2024 the Collegium recommended appointment of Judicial Officers and Advocates as Judges and Additional Judges as Permanent Judges for Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka High Courts respectively.
On 24-9-2024, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the names Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh, and Ashok Kumar Pandey.
On 04-01-2024, the Supreme Court directed the States to implement the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission regarding pay and allowances for judicial officers, and to pay the arrears by 29-02-2024.
The amount of compensation is fixed as a token to remind the Judicial Officers that before taking cognizance and during judicial inquiry and trial, it is the bounden and obligatory duty to go through the complaint carefully and then take cognizance.
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.
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.
Supreme Court said that the litigation which should close at the trial level is taken up to the Supreme Court and the parties are forced to litigate.
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.
The recommendations were made by the Collegium keeping in mind the integrity, qualifications and experience of the judicial officers and advocates.
“Keeping in view the controversy involved, the original record received be sealed and kept with the Registrar Judicial.”
1 woman judicial officer has been recommended by the Collegium for elevation as High Court Judge out of the 6 recommended names.
“To be truly unified both in form and in substance, there must be integration in terms of pay, pension and other service conditions between the District Judiciary, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Hence, any increase in the salary of the judges of the High Court must reflect in the same proportion to the judges in the District Judiciary.”
Allahabad High Court clarified that the decision rendered in Divakar Dwivedi case must apply to all the Judicial Officers, irrespective of the fact that they had not filed writ petitions.
The three Supreme Court collegium resolutions were passed dated 12-04-2023.