SC appoints additional HC judge as permanent

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Wednesday recommended to the Center the name of Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey for appointment as permanent judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court. According to the resolutions uploaded on the Apex Court’s website, the collegium has also recommended the names of Justices Sachin Singh Rajput and Radhakishan Agrawal for appointment as Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

Another uploaded resolution said that the collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai, has recommended that Additional Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal be appointed as Additional Judge for another term of one year.

On November 22, 2023, the Collegium of the Chhattisgarh High Court unanimously made the above recommendation for appointment of Additional Judge Justice Pandey as permanent Judge of that High Court and for further extension of the present tenure of Justice Rajput and Justice Agrawal.

“The Committee of two Judges of the Supreme Court constituted by the Chief Justice of India in terms of the Resolution dated 26 October 2017 of the Collegium of the Supreme Court has considered the judgments of the above-mentioned Additional Judges,” the collegium said.