The Supreme Court of India (Express Photo/Premnath Pandey) The Supreme Court of India (Express Photo/Premnath Pandey)The Supreme Court collegium has cleared the appointment of 25 additional judges as permanent judges of five High Courts. It also approved elevation of 19 lawyers to three High Court benches, including five to the Karnataka High Court, overruling the chief minister’s objections. The SC collegium, which also considered files for elevating 27 advocates as High Court judges in Karnataka, Madras and Calcutta HC approved 19 names. The Karnataka HC collegium had recommended 10 names, but the Chief Minister “disagreed with the same.” The December 4 resolution of the SC collegium stated:. The SC collegium said there was no need for any further examination as the HC collegium had looked into it.

Source: Indian Express December 06, 2017 20:37 UTC