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The Supreme Court Collegium Wednesday recommended the names of three lawyers for elevation as Judges of the Delhi High Court. The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai recommended that Advocates Ajay Digpaul, Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, and Shwetasree Majumder, be appointed as Judges of the Delhi High Court.
The HC Collegium had recommended their names on October 25, 2023.
The SC Collegium resolution said that to ascertain their fitness and suitability, the Judges consulted their colleague conversant with the affairs of the Delhi HC.
On Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, the Collegium resolution said the consultee judge “has given a positive opinion on” their “suitability …for appointment as a Judge of the High Court”.
It added that “inputs provided by the Department of Justice in the file indicate that” their “professional competence is viewed to be good and there is nothing adverse regarding his integrity”.
Regarding Advocate Majumder, the consultee judge was of the view that she is “suitable for being elevated as a Judge of the High Court. The inputs provided by the Department of Justice in the file indicate that the candidate is a competent lawyer in the field of Intellectual Property Rights”, the resolution pointed out. Recommending them, the Collegium also said that their inter se seniority be fixed as per the existing practice.
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