The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has cleared the file pertaining to the appointment of Justice HL Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India, reports The Times of India. As per the report, the file has been sent to the President for his approval..Justice Dattu will succeed Chief Justice RM Lodha who is retiring on September 27. Justice Dattu will be the first Chief Justice after Justice SH Kapadia to have a term for more than a year..His tenure might also see a change in the method of judicial appointments. With the present government all set to constitute the National Judicial Appointments Commission for appointment of High Court and Supreme Court judges, it might very well bring an end to the two decades old Collegium system..Justice Dattu enrolled at the Bar in 1975. He was appointed a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1995. Subsequently, he served as the Chief Justice of the Chattisgarh High Court and Kerala High Court before being elevated to the Supreme Court in December 2008..Image taken from here.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has cleared the file pertaining to the appointment of Justice HL Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India, reports The Times of India. As per the report, the file has been sent to the President for his approval..Justice Dattu will succeed Chief Justice RM Lodha who is retiring on September 27. Justice Dattu will be the first Chief Justice after Justice SH Kapadia to have a term for more than a year..His tenure might also see a change in the method of judicial appointments. With the present government all set to constitute the National Judicial Appointments Commission for appointment of High Court and Supreme Court judges, it might very well bring an end to the two decades old Collegium system..Justice Dattu enrolled at the Bar in 1975. He was appointed a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1995. Subsequently, he served as the Chief Justice of the Chattisgarh High Court and Kerala High Court before being elevated to the Supreme Court in December 2008..Image taken from here.