Overview
- The central government published notifications on Saturday confirming 14 elevations across the Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Courts.
- The Centre approved seven of eight names recommended for the Delhi High Court and withheld clearance for Gurvinder Pal Singh.
- A swearing-in for the seven Delhi appointees is scheduled for Monday and will raise the court’s working strength to about 50 judges from its prior level.
- The Delhi appointees include two permanent judges and five additional judges drawn largely from the district judiciary and court administration, including the Delhi High Court’s Registrar General.
- Appointments follow the Supreme Court Collegium’s September 10 recommendations and reflect the two-step elevation process in which the Collegium recommends names and the executive issues final notifications.