New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of Justice BV Nagarathna and eight others to the Supreme Court. After this decision of the President, the way has been cleared for Justice Nagarathna to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 2027. With this, she will be the first woman Chief Justice of India. After the new judges are sworn in, the Supreme Court will have a working power of 33, with only one vacancy.
Three women will become judges in the high court
The names of two more women judges along with Justice Nagarathna, currently serving in the Karnataka High Court, were approved by the President on Thursday. Chief Justice of Telangana High Court Hima Kohli and Justice Bela Trivedi of Gujarat High Court.
The Supreme Court currently has only one woman judge, Justice Indira Banerjee, who is due to retire in 2022. Till now there have been only eight women judges in the top court.
Promotion given to these judges
Other names recommended for promotion include Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Abhay Oka, Gujarat Court Chief Justice Vikram Nath, Sikkim High Court Chief Justice JK Maheshwari, Kerala High Court Justice CT Ravikumar, and Madras High Court Justice MM Sundaresh.
The collegium in the Supreme Court comprising CJI NV Ramana, and Justices Uday U Lalit, AM Khanwilkar, Dhananjay Y Chandrachud, and L Nageswara Rao approved nine names for appointment to the country’s top court on August 17.
Father has also been CJI
Justice Nagarathna started out as a lawyer in Bengaluru. With this, she should be the second CJI of his family. Before him, his father ES Venkatramaiah became the CJI in 1989, a position he held for almost six months. In February 2008 he was appointed as an additional judge in the Karnataka High Court. After which a permanent judge was made two years later.
As a lawyer, she dealt with matters relating to Constitutional Law, Commercial Law, and Administrative Law, and as a Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, she delivered judgments on the regulation of electronic media, education policies, etc.
