SC Collegium recommends Andhra HC judge as CJ of Uttarakhand HC

The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai noted that the current Chief Justice Uttarakhand Ritu Bahri is due for retirement on October 10, 2024, and therefore appointment to that office is required to be made.

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Those recommended for election are Advocates Nivedita Prakash Mehta, Prafulla Surendrakumar Khubalkar, Ashwin Damodar Bhobe, Rohit Wasudeo Joshi, Advait Mahendra Sethna, Rajesh Sudhakar Datar, Sachin Shivajirao Deshmukh, Gautam Ashwin Ankhad, and Mahendra Madhavrao Nerlikar.

The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended appointment of Justice Narendar G, currently serving as a judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Uttarakhand.

The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai noted that the current Chief Justice Uttarakhand Ritu Bahri is due for retirement on October 10, 2024, and therefore appointment to that office is required to be made.

The Supreme Court Collegium also recommended elevation of nine advocates as judges of the Bombay High Court.

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The Collegium also recommended appointment of Judicial Officers Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh and Ashok Kumar Pandey as judges of the Patna High Court.

Ananthakrishnan G

Ananthakrishnan G. is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express. He has been in the field for over 23 years, kicking off his journalism career as a freelancer in the late nineties with bylines in The Hindu. A graduate in law, he practised in the District judiciary in Kerala for about two years before switching to journalism. His first permanent assignment was with The Press Trust of India in Delhi where he was assigned to cover the lower courts and various commissions of inquiry. He reported from the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India during his first stint with The Indian Express in 2005-2006. Currently, in his second stint with The Indian Express, he reports from the Supreme Court and writes on topics related to law and the administration of justice. Legal reporting is his forte though he has extensive experience in political and community reporting too, having spent a decade as Kerala state correspondent, The Times of India and The Telegraph. He is a stickler for facts and has several impactful stories to his credit. ... Read More

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