Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 5 Additional Judges Of Allahabad High Court To Be Made Permanent

They are:

1. Justice Saurabh Srivastava,
2. Justice Om Prakash Shukla,
3. Justice Mohd. Azhar Husain Idrisi,
4. Justice Jyotsna Sharma, and
5. Justice Surendra Singh-I.

On 1 May 2023, the Collegium of the High Court unanimously recommended, inter alia, that the above Additional Judges be appointed as permanent Judges. The Chief Minister and the Governor of the State of Uttar Pradesh also concurred with the above recommendation.

However, bearing in mind the report of the Judgment Assessment Committee dated 12 September 2023, the Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 14 September 2023 decided to defer consideration of the proposal of their appointment as permanent Judges.

Over three months having passed after the deferment of the proposal of confirmation of the above Additional Judges as permanent Judges, their recent judgments were called for by the Chief Justice of India to assess their performance as Additional Judges.

Ten judgments of each of the five Additional Judges received from the High Court have been assessed by a Committee of two Judges of the Supreme Court. The Committee has assessed the quality of the judgments as very good/good.

With a view to assess the merit and suitability of the above Additional Judges for appointment as permanent Judges, the Collegium also scrutinised and evaluated the material placed on record including the report dated 4 March 2024 of the Judgment Assessment Committee.