The Central Government has notified the elevation of three High Court Judges to the Supreme Court whose names were recommended by Collegium of the Apex Court.
The elevated judges include Justice N V Anjaria, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. Parent HC : Gujarat, Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court. Parent HC : Rajasthan and Justice Atil S Chandurkar, Bombay High Court. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said in a post on X, "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices (i) N.V. Anjaria, Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, (ii) Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice, High Court of Gauhati and (iii) A.S. Chandurkar, Judge, High Court of Bombay as Judges of the Supreme Court of India."
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their elevation on May 26. With these appointments, the Supreme Court is back to its full strength of 34 judges. The Court will have one more vacancy soon with the retirement of Justice Bela M Trivedi on June 9. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia is the next judge set to retire (August 9), followed by CJI BR Gavai (November 23).
On May 26 ,the Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI, B.R. Gavai, recommended the appointment of following 3 Judges to the Supreme Court of India. After the retirement of former CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Justice Abhay S. Oka, the strength will get reduced . If the recommendations are confirmed, then the Judges’ strength would rise to 33 Judges, just 1 short of sanctioned strength of 34 Judges.
Justice NV Anjaria is currently Chief justice of Karnatka High Court. Justice Vijay Bishnoi is Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court and Justice Atu Chnadurkar is a judge at Bombay High Court.Justice Anjaria began practicing Law at Gujarat HC in 1988 under senior advocate SN Shelat . He handled constitutional, civil, labor and service matters and served as standing counsel for various state bodies.Justice Bishnoi was enrolled as an advocate in 1989. He practiced at Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal in Jodhpur while handling a range of matters including civil, criminal, constitutional service and election cases, Justice Chandurkar enrolled as a lawyer in 1988 began his legal career in the chambers of senior advocate BN Naik in Mumbai.
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