SC Collegium Recommends Names Of Four Judicial Officers For Appointment As Judges Of Madras High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of five advocates and three judicial officers as Judges of the Madras High Court.

The resolutions by the Collegium Of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph recommended the following persons:

1. Shri R Sakthivel

2. Shri P Dhanabal

3. Shri Chinnasamy Kumarappan and

4. Shri K Rajasekar

Their names were recommended by the High Court collegium on August 10 in 2022. Following this, the collegium had consulted the Intelligence Bureau and the consultee judges of the Supreme Court. 

In respect of Sakthivel, Dhanabal and Rajasekar, the Collegium in January had taken "note of the report of the Intelligence Bureau and referred back the proposal to the Department of Justice with a request to furnish, within two weeks, specific material, if any, on the basis of which the report of the Intelligence Bureau was formulated."

"On 24 January 2023, the Department of Justice addressed a communication to the Intelligence Bureau seeking specific inputs in respect of the above-named judicial officer. By its communication dated 01 February 2023, the Intelligence Bureau has stated that it does not have any additional inputs in addition to the earlier inputs in respect of the above-named judicial officer," the Collegium noted,