Three of them will be sworn in on September 13
President Pratibha Patil has appointed Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, S.J. Mukhopadhaya; Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, J.S. Khehar; and Justice Ranjana Desai of the Bombay High Court as Supreme Court Judges.
They will be sworn in by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia on September 13 in his court hall.
Justice Desai will be the second woman Judge in the Supreme Court. In its sanctioned strength of 31 judges, Justice Gyan Sudha Misra is the only woman judge now.
With the Law Ministry receiving the recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium for the elevation of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Deepak Misra and Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Jasti Chelameswar as Supreme Court judges, the court will get two more judges.
Justice Deepak Misra will be completing 58 years of age in October.
He was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court in December 2009 and shifted to the Delhi High Court in May 2010. He will have a tenure of seven years and get an opportunity to become the Chief Justice of India.
In that event, he will be the second judge from Orissa to hold the highest judicial office after the former Chief Justice of India, Rangnath Misra.
Justice Chelameswar, 58, will represent Andhra Pradesh following the retirement of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy in July. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court in May 2007 and then shifted to the Kerala High Court in March 2010. He will have a tenure of seven years as Supreme Court judge.
Justice B. Bhattacharya of the Calcutta High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court to succeed Justice Mukhopadhaya. Justice Vikramajit Sen of the Delhi High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court to succeed Justice Khehar.
Justice A.K. Goel of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is being made the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, with the incumbent Madan Bhimarao Lokur being shifted to the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Keywords: Judicial postings, Supreme Court of India
I am glad that the strength of the superior court is being increased in order to ensure faster clearing of the vast back-log of cases and to help the litigants who have been waiting, sometime for years, for their day in the court. I am rather unhappy at thia report on one issue. It goes like this: "Justice Chelameswar, 58, will represent Andhra Pradesh following the retirement of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy in July." For one, I would like to think that all the Justices of the Supreme and High Courts are national treasures and jewels and that they all belong to all of India,equally and no one "represents" this particular state or that. Besides, I also wish to believe that the Reservation Policy with respect to caste, one that is so much of a favorite of Congress men like Sibel has not come to infect the process of selection of the Judges whose integrety and wisdom should be the only needed criteria. if someone could reassure me on this in these pages, I shall sleep better. Jai Hind
Quick and fair justise is expected.people trying to keep themself away from the trouble of court and kachahari because of vastage of money man hours, it should be minimised. since a long time we are waiting for court on wheel and fast track judjment,
Expectations of humble citizens would be speedy process of trials & fair justice from the judicial system. Wastage of man hours should be avoided minimised due to postponing of hearings unnecessarily for the vested interests of the individuals.
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