President appoints three High Court chief justices to Supreme Court
Hindustan Times confirms Collegium's September 28 picks: Justices Sunita Agarwal, Upadhyaya, Aparesh Kumar Singh for Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of Mrs. Justice Sunita Agarwal as a Judge in the Supreme Court. The Collegium also recommended the elevation of Mr. Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya as a Judge in the Supreme Court. The Collegium further recommended the elevation of Mr. Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as a Judge in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the three names on September 28, according to Hindustan Times and the Supreme Court of India. Hindustan Times and the Supreme Court of India reported that Justice Sunita Agarwal was Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court at the time of the recommendation. Hindustan Times and the Supreme Court of India differed on the full list of the three judges recommended, with one account naming Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
Separately, the Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Dinesh Bhatt as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Gurvinder Pal Singh as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Smt. Nivedita Anil Sharma as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Arun Bhardwaj as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Bharat Parashar as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Sanjay Sharma-I as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Smt. Nisha Sahay Saxena as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The Collegium also approved the proposal for appointment of Dr. (Smt.) Aditi Choudhary as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi.
All the proposals for appointment to the High Court of Delhi and the recommendations for elevation to the Supreme Court were approved by the Supreme Court Collegium, according to the Supreme Court of India.
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- The elevations include a woman judge, increasing the number of women judges to three.
- The Supreme Court has a sanctioned strength of 38 judges, including the Chief Justice of India.
- With the apex court currently having a working strength of 34 judges, the appointments will take its effective strength to 37 once the new judges take oath.