The Center on Monday issued a notification appointing three extra judges of the Bombay High Court as everlasting judges and increasing the tenure of one other extra decide of the excessive courtroom by one yr.
“In train of the facility conferred by clause (l) of article 217 and clause (l) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, after session with the Chief Justice of India, is happy to nominate the next High Courts Judges/Additional Judges, vide notification dated 03.01.2022, from the date on which they assume cost of their respective workplaces…” the notification mentioned.
Justice Madhav Jayajirao Jamdar, Justice Amit Bhalchandra Borkar and Justice Shrikant Dattatreya Kulkarni had been appointed as everlasting judges, whereas Justice Abhay Ahuja’s tenure as extra decide has been prolonged by one yr.
In July final yr, the Bombay HC Collegium had really helpful the names of 5 extra judges — Justices Jamdar, Borkar, Kulkarni, Ahuja and Justice Pushpa Ganediwala — to be appointed everlasting judges. According to an announcement by the Supreme Court Collegium on December 16 final yr, it was really helpful to nominate Justices Jamdar, Borkar and Kulkarni as everlasting judges, with the advice of extension of Justice Ahuja’s tenure by one yr.
In a uncommon occasion of demotion of a High Court decide, the collegium determined to not suggest Justice Ganediwala as a everlasting decide of the Bombay HC due to his controversial interpretation of sexual harassment underneath the POCSO Act, 2012 in two of his judgments. was examined intently.
Justice Ganediwala’s time period is predicted to finish on February 13.
In a separate notification, the federal government appointed Additional Judge of Calcutta HC Justice Aniruddha Roy as everlasting decide of the HC. In January final yr, the collegium had reiterated its suggestion to nominate Justice Roy because the Center had not acted on the primary suggestion made in 2018.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
