Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Five Additional Judges Of Madras High Court As Permanent Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on Wednesday has recommended the names of five Additional Judges of Madras High Court to be made permanent judges.

The names are as follows:

1. Justice S Srimathy

2. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy

3. Justice R Vijayakumar

4. Justice Mohammed Shaffiq

5. Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad

The collegium of the High Court had recommended their permanent appointment on November 21, 2022. The Chief Minister and Governor concurred with the recommendation.

In order to ascertain the fitness and suitability of the Additional judges, consultation was held in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure with the Judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the Madras High Court, the statement said.

A Judgment Evaluation Committee was also set up to assess the judgments of the Additional judges and its report was submitted.

The statement reads as under:

"With a view to assess the merit and suitability of the above named Additional Judges for their appointment as Permanent Judges, the Collegium has scrutinized and evaluated the material placed on record including the observations made by the Department of Justice in the file. Having regard to all the relevant factors, the Collegium is of the view that (1) Mrs. Justice Sundaram Srimathy (2) Shri Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy (3) Shri Justice R. Vijayakumar (4) Shri Justice Mohammed Shaffiq & (5) Shri Justice J. Sathya Narayana Prasad, Additional Judges are suitable for being appointed as Permanent Judges."