The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended that ten additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court be made permanent..A resolution published on the website of the apex court said that the Collegium in its meeting approved the following names in this regard:- Justice Kuldeep Tiwari - Justice Gurbir Singh- Justice Deepak Gupta- Justice Amarjot Bhatti- Justice Ritu Tagore- Justice Manisha Batra- Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan- Justice Sukhvinder Kaur- Justice Sanjiv Berry; and- Justice Vikram Aggarwal..The Collegium of the High Court had recommended that the ten judges be made permanent on October 6, 2023.The Chief Ministers and the Governors of the States of Punjab and Haryana had not conveyed their views on the same, and the Union Department of Justice then forwarded the recommendation.Judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the particular High Court were then consulted who concurred that all the judges are fit and suitable for confirmation as permanent judges.A two-judge committee assessed the judgments of the candidates and rated these “very good/good”. The Collegium, subsequently, examined all the material on record and recommended the appointment of the ten judges as permanent judges of the High Court..[Read Resolution]
The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended that ten additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court be made permanent..A resolution published on the website of the apex court said that the Collegium in its meeting approved the following names in this regard:- Justice Kuldeep Tiwari - Justice Gurbir Singh- Justice Deepak Gupta- Justice Amarjot Bhatti- Justice Ritu Tagore- Justice Manisha Batra- Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan- Justice Sukhvinder Kaur- Justice Sanjiv Berry; and- Justice Vikram Aggarwal..The Collegium of the High Court had recommended that the ten judges be made permanent on October 6, 2023.The Chief Ministers and the Governors of the States of Punjab and Haryana had not conveyed their views on the same, and the Union Department of Justice then forwarded the recommendation.Judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the particular High Court were then consulted who concurred that all the judges are fit and suitable for confirmation as permanent judges.A two-judge committee assessed the judgments of the candidates and rated these “very good/good”. The Collegium, subsequently, examined all the material on record and recommended the appointment of the ten judges as permanent judges of the High Court..[Read Resolution]
