Supreme Court Collegium Changes 3 Earlier Recommendations For High Court Chief Justice Appointments

The Supreme Court Collegium has passed a new resolution making changes to its earlier recommendations for the appointment of Chief Justices of the High Courts.

The Collegium has made changes regarding its earlier recommendations regarding Justice Suresh Kumar Kait(Delhi High Court), Justice G S Sandhawalia(Punjab and Haryana High Court) and Mr Justice Tashi Rabstan (Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court).

These new recommendations have been made by the Collegium in its resolution passed today (September 17) in supersession of its previous resolution passed on July 11.

The recommendations sent on July 11 have been pending with Central Government since then.

What are the changes?

Justice Suresh Kumar Kait is now recommended to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Earlier, he was recommended as the Chief Justice of J&K&L High Court.

Justice Tashi Rabstan, who was earlier proposed as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, is now recommended to be appointed as the Chief Justice of his parent High Court (J&K&L High Court).

Justice G S Sandhawalia, who was earlier proposed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, is proposed to be appointed as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court after October 18, 2024 (the date of retirement of Justice Rajiv Shakhder, who was earlier recommended as the CJ of HP HC).

The Collegium also made a fresh proposal regarding the appointment of Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji (Calcutta High Court Judge) as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

Last week, Attorney General for India R Venkataramani had told the Supreme Court that he wanted to share some "sensitive information" regarding the pending collegium resolution.

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