Acting on the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation made last week to make Nine Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court permanent Judges, the Central Government today notified their appointments. They are:(i) Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,(ii) Justice Manish Kumar Nigam,(iii) Justice Anish Kumar Gupta,(iv) Justice Nand Prabha Shukla,(v) Justice Kshitij Shailendra,(vi) Justice...
Acting on the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation made last week to make Nine Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court permanent Judges, the Central Government today notified their appointments. They are:
(i) Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,
(ii) Justice Manish Kumar Nigam,
(iii) Justice Anish Kumar Gupta,
(iv) Justice Nand Prabha Shukla,
(v) Justice Kshitij Shailendra,
(vi) Justice Vinod Diwakar,
(vii) Justice Prashant Kumar,
(viii) Justice Manjive Shukla, and
As per the SC Collegium's statement released last week, on 28 May 2024, the Collegium of the High Court unanimously recommended that the above-named Additional Judges be appointed permanent Judges. The Chief Minister and the State of Uttar Pradesh governor also concurred with the recommendation.
After that, in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure, the Judges of the Supreme Court, conversant with the affairs of the Allahabad High Court, were consulted to ascertain the suitability of the above-named Judges for being appointed as permanent Judges.
A Committee of two Supreme Court judges, constituted by the Chief Justice of India in terms of the Resolution dated 26 October 2017 of the Supreme Court Collegium, assessed the judgments of the above-named Additional Judges.
To assess the merit and suitability of the above-named Additional Judges for their appointment as permanent Judges, the Collegium had also scrutinized and evaluated the material placed on record, including the opinion of the consultee colleagues and the reports of the Judgment Assessment Committee.
Considering all aspects of the above proposal, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended that the 9 Additional Judges of the HC be made permanent.