Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of One Judicial Officer As Calcutta HC Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Smt. Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), Judicial Officer, for appointment as Judge of the High Court at Calcutta.

The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai approved the recommendation made by the High Court collegium in September last year.

The Collegium noted that the Chief Minister and the Governor for the State of West Bengal have not conveyed their views on the above recommendation. The Department of Justice forwarded the above recommendation by invoking para 14 of the Memorandum of Procedure which provides that if the comments of the constitutional authorities in the State are not received within the prescribed time-frame, it should be presumed by the Minister of Law and Justice that the Governor and the Chief Minister have nothing to add to the proposal and proceed accordingly.

The Collegium consulted three judges of the Supreme Court who were conversant with the affairs of the Calcutta High Court. All the three consultee Judges have unanimously and emphatically opined that the candidate is suitable for being appointed as a High Court Judge.

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