ON MONDAY, THE SUPREME COURT COLLEGIUM recommended the elevation of Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Alok Aradhe, and Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, as judges of the Supreme Court of India.
The Supreme Court issued a statement to this effect but provided no details regarding the factors considered by the Collegium in recommending these two names.
Currently, the Supreme Court Collegium comprises Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, J.K. Maheshwari, and B.V. Nagarathna. The statement does not clarify whether the decision was unanimous or made by a majority.
Justice Aradhe played a key role in the Kolhapur circuit bench’s establishment
Justice Aradhe originally hails from the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he was appointed as a judge on December 29, 2009. He was transferred to the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and assumed charge on September 20, 2016. He assumed charge as the Acting Chief Justice there from May 11, 2018, and was later transferred to the Karnataka High Court on November 17, 2018.
Justice Aradhe functioned as Acting Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court from July 3, 2022, to October 14, 2022. On July 19, 2023, he was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana.
