Collegium has recommended 4 HC judges for elevation as Chief Justices for HCs of Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Sikkim; it has also recommended Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC take charge of Kerala HC.
Last week, the SC Collegium approved appointment of Aarti Arun Sathe, once a Maharashtra BJP spokesperson, as a Bombay High Court judge, which sparked a row as Oppn raised concerns.
It's very rare for SC collegium to recommend a retired district judge as a judge of high court. Vimal Kumar Yadav demitted office in January as district judge of Patiala House Court.
Aditi Gajendra Sharma has now written to top 5 SC judges including CJI Gavai, expressing concerns about collegium’s move to recommend district judge Rajesh Kumar Gupta for promotion.
The transfers will likely come into effect within the next 3-4 days. Delhi will see a revamp, with 4 senior judges from other HCs to be transferred to the Capital.
Last month, ThePrint reported that 1 in every 3 of India’s 687 sitting permanent high court judges is either related to a sitting or former judge, or comes from a family of lawyers.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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