SC collegium to meet today on Justice K M Joseph elevation row: Top updates
Supreme Court Collegium meeting on Justice K M Joseph elevation row today: Updates on Business Standard. The Supreme Court Collegium meeting will take up today on Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph's elevation as the judge of the apex court. Catch updates on K M Joseph's elevation row.
Latest News The Supreme Court Collegium will meet on Wednesday to discuss Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph's elevation as a judge of the apex court. Late last month, the Modi government had returned the Collegium's recommendation to elevate Joseph as a Supreme Court judge, saying the proposal was not in accordance with the top court's parameters. The five-member Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur, and Kurian Joseph, will discuss threadbare the note sent to the CJI by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while returning the file related to the recommendation for Justice Joseph's elevation. According to legal experts, the government will be bound to appoint Justice K M Joseph as a Supreme Court judge if the Collegium reiterates its recommendation. How likely is the Collegium to again recommend his elevation? On February 1, the Collegium had made public its resolution recommending Joseph's name for appointment as an apex court judge, saying he is "more deserving and suitable in all respects" than other chief justices and judges of high courts.
The Congress has described the government's stalling of Justice Joseph's elevation as an "assault on the judiciary". The man at the centre of the political and legal row, Justice K M Joseph, for his part, appeared to be unfazed by the developments, news agencies had reported back when the recommendation for his elevation was returned by the government. Meanwhile, Former CJI Justice R M Lodha has described the prevailing situation in the apex judiciary as "disastrous". Here are the top 10 developments around Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph's elevation as a Supreme Court judge and the Supreme Court Collegium meeting today to reconsider the recommendation for elevation:
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