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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - January 2023

Jan 2023

Oct 16, 2023

Central Government Clears Appointment of Two Lawyers as Additional Judges of Madras High Court

The Central government notified the appointment of two advocates as additional judges of the Madras High Court.
The two advocates are N. Senthilkumar and G. Arul Murugan.
In a notification issued, the government said that Senthilkumar and Murugan were appointed as additional judges for a period of two years.
The two names were first recommended for elevation by the Madras High Court Collegium on August 3, 2022. In July 2023, the Supreme Court Collegium passed a resolution saying that the State government as well as the Governor had agreed to their elevation.

Manipur High Court Gets First Judge from ST Community

The Central government notified the appointment of judicial officer Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui as judge of the Manipur High Court.
Kabui is the first woman from scheduled tribe community to serve as a judge in the Manipur High Court.
The Supreme Court collegium had in January 2023 recommended the names of judicial officers Aribam Guneshwar Sharma and Kabui for elevation as judges of the Manipur High Court.
The High Court has sanctioned strength of 5 judges and is currently (as in October 2023) functioning with 3 judges.

Oct 15, 2023

Collegium Insists on Shifting Manipur CJ to Calcutta High Court

Rejecting his request to either shift him to his parent Madras High Court or not transfer him at all, the Supreme Court Collegium reiterated its October 9 recommendation to transfer Manipur HC Acting Chief Justice M. V. Muralidaran to the Calcutta HC for better administration of justice.
After consulting one of the judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the Manipur High Court, the Collegium said it didn't find any merit in Muralidaran's request. The Collegium, therefore, resolves to reiterate its recommendation dated October 9, 2023, to transfer Justice M. V. Muralidaran to the High Court at Calcutta.

Oct 14, 2023

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation of Two Judicial Officers as Judges of Tripura HC

The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, recommended the appointment of two judicial officers as judges of the Tripura High Court.
The recommendation for appointment of judicial officers Biswajit Palit and Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha as HC judges was made in December 2022 by the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues.
The SC Collegium said that it has consulted "colleagues" who are conversant with the affairs of the High Court of Tripura to ascertain suitability of these two names.

Justice Ritu Bahri Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court

The Central government notified the appointment of Justice Ritu Bahri as the Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court with immediate effect.
She took over from Chief Justice R. S. Jha, who retired on October 13.
Justice Bahri is the first woman judge appointed as Chief Justice (acting) of Punjab and Haryana High court.
She studied at Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh, and completed her law from Panjab University in 1985 and enrolled as an advocate in 1986.
She was elevated as judge of Punjab and Haryana high court on August 16, 2010. Justice Bahri is the daughter of justice Amrit Lal Bahri, who retired as judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1994.

Oct 13, 2023

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of Five Judicial Officers as Kerala High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, recommended the names of five Judicial Officers for appointment as as Judges of Kerala High Court.
the Collegium stated that the Kerala High Court Chief Justice, had recommended the elevation of the five judicial officers, in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues, and that the Chief Minister and the Governor of the State had also concurred with the recommendation.
The following are the Judicial Officers who have been recommended to be elevated as Judges of the High Court of Kerala: M. B. Snehalatha, Johnson John, G. Girish, C. Pratheepkumar and P. Krishna Kumar.

Oct 11, 2023

Centre Sends 70 Names to Supreme Court Collegium for Judges' Appointment

After sitting on the recommendations made by collegiums of various High Courts for appointment of judges for 11 months, the Centre suddenly forwarded all 70 pending proposals to the CJI-led top court Collegium in the last few days.

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