Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Justice Sabina as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of Justice Sabina as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. .She is presently the Acting Chief Justice of that High Court.Justice Sabina, whose parent High Court is the Punjab and Haryana High Court, was appointed as a High Court judge on March 12, 2008 and she is due to retire on April 19, 2023. The Collegium in its statement released on the Supreme Court website said that the two other senior judges, Justices Jaswant Singh and Rajesh Bindal hailing from Punjab and Haryana High Court have already been recommended for appointment to Tripura High Court and the Supreme Court respectively."The Collegium has, by its separate resolution, proposed the appointment of Mr. Justice Jaswant Singh, seniormost puisne Judge of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura. Mr. Justice Jaswant Singh is also due to retire on 22 February 2023. The Collegium has already proposed Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal, the first in order of seniority among the judges from the High Court of Punjab and Haryana (presently Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad) for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court," the resolution said..In view of that, having regard to the seniority of Justice Sabina, the Collegium resolved to recommend that she be appointed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh "as she is fit and suitable in all respects for the same."Justice Sabina was born on April 20, 1961 and was unanimously selected as the Joint Secretary of Bar Association of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the year 1986.Thereafter, she joined as an Additional District Judge in the year 1997 and subsequently became the Sessions Judge in the year 2004. She was elevated as an additional judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court in the year 2008 and was made a permanent judge of the High Court in the year 2010.In the year 2016, she was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court where she served as a judge for five years. Thereafter, in the year 2021, Justice Sabina took oath as the judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Justice Sabina shall have a tenure of about two months before she retires as Chief Justice on April 19, 2023..[Read Collegium Resolution]