The Center informed the Supreme Court on Friday that the top court collegium’s recommendations for the appointment of five Supreme Court judges will be cleared soon. Attorney General R Venkataramani conveyed this message to a bench consisting of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka as the bench expressed its displeasure over the Centre’s delay in clearing the collegium’s recommendations.
The bench posted the matter for further hearing on February 13.
The Collegium on December 13 last year recommended five judges for elevation to the apex court — Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal, Patna High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Karol, Manipur High Court Chief Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, Patna High Court judge Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Allahabad High Court judge Manoj Misra.
On January 31, the Supreme Court collegium recommended two more names for elevation as top court judges — Justice Rajesh Bindal, Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court and Justice Aravind Kumar, Chief Justice, High Court of Gujarat.
While recommending their names, the Collegium had said the names recommended by it on 13 December 2022 “shall have precedence over the two names recommended presently for appointment to the Supreme Court.”
