NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud recommended the Centre to elevate Chief Justice of Allahabad HC Justice Rajesh Bindal and Chief Justice of Gujarat HC Justice Aravind Kumar to the peak court and told the federal government that five names which were earlier recommended and pending its approval shall have precedence over these 2 names and they be informed first.Under attack from various government authorities including the law minister who openly criticised the collegium system of appointment of judges for being non-transparent and nontransparent, the collegium gave the factors for choosing the names for elevation and criteria adopted by it to shortlist the names in an effort to infuse more transparency.On the line of issue recently expressed by Supreme Court in court procedures about the Centre selecting and picking names from numerous suggestions and disturbing seniority of judges, the collegium consisting of CJI and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K M Joseph, M R Shah, Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv Khanna in its recommendation said the five names suggested earlier by the collegium on December 13 will have precedence over the two names recommended currently.
Therefore, the consultations of five judges recommended on 13 December 2022 needs to be alerted independently and previously in point of time before the two judges recommended by this resolution, the collegium said in its recommendation.As per the collegium recommendation published in SC site, all six members were unanimous for the elevation of Justice Bindal, but Justice Joseph expressed his booking on Justice Kumars elevation on the ground that his name can be thought about at a later stage.Justice Bindal stands at Sl.
No 2 in the combined All-India-seniority of high court judges and is the seniormost judge coming from the Punjab and Haryana HC.
While advising his name, the Collegium has actually thought about the truth that the Punjab and Haryana HC which is one of the largest High Courts with a sanctioned strength of eighty 5 judges is not sufficiently represented on the Bench of the Supreme Court, it said.Justice Bindals moms and dad HC is Punjab and Haryana and Justice Kumars is Karnataka.