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SC collegium stands firm on Justice Joseph
Why it is in news?
- The Supreme Court collegium has reiterated its recommendation to appoint Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph as a Supreme Court judge.
- The collegium also separately recommended Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Orissa High Court Chief Justice Vineet Saran to the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court will have a record three serving women judges with the appointment of Justice Banerjee. The court has nine vacancies.
Govt. objections
- The collegium led by Chief Justice stood firm against objections raised by the government that Justice Joseph was too junior to be appointed a Supreme Court judge and his parent High Court of Kerala too small a one.
- Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had specified these reasons in his two letters to the collegium on April 26 and April 30.
- In a crisp two-paragraph reply, the collegium said it gave careful thought to the objections and found that the Centre did not, in fact, have a single adverse thing to say about Justice Joseph’s suitability for appointment as a Supreme Court judge.
Source
The Hindu