SC recommends 68 names for appointment as judges in 12 HCs

The Supreme Court Collegium has taken yet another unprecedented decision by recommeding 68 names, including 44 advocates and 24 judicial officers, for appointment as judges in 12 high courts of the country. The three-member Collegium, which includes Chief Justice NV Ramana,  Justices U U Lalit and Justice A M Khanwilkar, in its meetings held on August 25 and September 1, considered as many as 112 candidates for elevation as judges in high courts.

The 12 High Courts for which the recommendations have been made are: Allahabad, Rajasthan, Calcutta, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madras, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Assam. In the meetings held on August 25 and September 1, the Collegium considered the names of 112 candidates - 82 from the Bar and 31 from the Judicial Service. Among the names cleared for 12 High Courts, 44 are from the Bar and 24 are from the Judicial Service.  This round of recommendations witnessed yet another historic first.

The Collegium has recommended 10 women candidate to judgeship in various high courts. Among them, Marli Vankung becomes the first woman judicial officer from Mizoram whose name has been sent to the Centre for judgeship in the Gauhati High Court. She belonging to Scheduled Tribe. The Collegium sought further details about 16 candidates whose names were considered in the meetings of the Collegium.