Few pending recommendations of collegium got clearance from government

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New Delhi: The government has cleared some pending recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium to promote at least three advocates and one woman judicial officer as judges of the High Court. has given. Sources gave this information. The names of advocates Anish Dayal and Amit Sharma, who were recommended for promotion as judges of the Delhi High Court in November 2021, have been approved, people familiar with the process of appointing members to the higher judiciary said on Tuesday.

Nothing has been said yet on the promotion of advocate Saurabh Kripal as a judge of the Delhi High Court. His name is yet to be approved by the government. The name of advocate Wasim Sadiq Nargal has also been cleared, who was recommended by the apex court collegium in 2017 to be a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. His name is one of the oldest recommendations made by the collegium.

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The collegium had again sent a proposal for Nargal’s name to the government in 2021. The name of a woman judicial officer from West Bengal has also been approved for appointment as a judge of the Calcutta High Court, the source said. His name was also pending with the government for some time. He said that the information regarding the appointment is likely to be released soon. Some judicial officers are also likely to be appointed as judges of the Patna High Court.

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