SC good factors full power as Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, KV Viswanathan sworn in as judges

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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday obtained two new judges as CJI Chandrachud administered oath to Andhra Pradesh HC Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan as Supreme Court judges. 

Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan could possibly be in line to be at SCs helm of affairs till May 25, 2031. 

Their appointment was notified by the Centre on Thursday. Newly appointed Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal whereas notifying their appointment in his tweet said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President of India, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following as Judges of the Supreme Court of India: Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, Chief Justice of AP HC and Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan, Sr. Advocate are appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India.” 

Their names have been actually helpful by the collegium on May 16 pursuant to the retirement of SC judges Dinesh Maheshwari and MR Shah. 

“The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of thirty-four Judges and is presently functioning with thirty-two Judges. Thus, there are two clear vacancies. With four more vacancies which are going to arise by the second week of July the working strength of Judges would come to twenty-eight. The Collegium has, however, unanimously resolved to recommend, for the present, names to fill up the two existing vacancies,” collegium determination signed by CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices SK Kaul, KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv Khanna acknowledged.

While recommending Justice PK Mishra’s title, the collegium had taken phrase of the reality that there is no illustration to Chattisgarh HC in present composition of SC. “Besides according representation to the State of Chhattisgarh, the appointment of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra will provide a value addition in terms of his acquired knowledge and experience. Justice Mishra is a judge with integrity,” collegium determination acknowledged. 

Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan’s title was actually helpful considering that there is only one member from the bar (Justice PS Narasimha) who was immediately appointed to SC and his appointment would enhance the illustration of bar in SCs composition.

Interestingly, appointment of Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan had made headlines in October closing yr when there was a break up throughout the collegium headed by ex CJI Justice UU Lalit. Although Justice Lalit had in an unprecedented switch written to the person members of the collegium in quest of their consent through circulation for appointment of 4 judges to SC which moreover included Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan’s title nevertheless the switch had remained “unfinished”. Notably, CJI DY Chandrachud along with Justice S Abdul Nazeer (now retired) had in the meanwhile objected to the tactic adopted for the recommendation. 

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday obtained two new judges as CJI Chandrachud administered oath to Andhra Pradesh HC Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan as Supreme Court judges. 

Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan could possibly be in line to be at SCs helm of affairs till May 25, 2031. 

Their appointment was notified by the Centre on Thursday. Newly appointed Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal whereas notifying their appointment in his tweet said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President of India, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following as Judges of the Supreme Court of India: Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, Chief Justice of AP HC and Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan, Sr. Advocate are appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India.” googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Their names have been actually helpful by the collegium on May 16 pursuant to the retirement of SC judges Dinesh Maheshwari and MR Shah. 

“The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of thirty-four Judges and is presently functioning with thirty-two Judges. Thus, there are two clear vacancies. With four more vacancies which are going to arise by the second week of July the working strength of Judges would come to twenty-eight. The Collegium has, however, unanimously resolved to recommend, for the present, names to fill up the two existing vacancies,” collegium determination signed by CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices SK Kaul, KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv Khanna acknowledged.

While recommending Justice PK Mishra’s title, the collegium had taken phrase of the reality that there is no illustration to Chattisgarh HC in present composition of SC. “Besides according representation to the State of Chhattisgarh, the appointment of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra will provide a value addition in terms of his acquired knowledge and experience. Justice Mishra is a judge with integrity,” collegium determination acknowledged. 

Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan’s title was actually helpful considering that there is only one member from the bar (Justice PS Narasimha) who was immediately appointed to SC and his appointment would enhance the illustration of bar in SCs composition.

Interestingly, appointment of Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan had made headlines in October closing yr when there was a break up throughout the collegium headed by ex CJI Justice UU Lalit. Although Justice Lalit had in an unprecedented switch written to the person members of the collegium in quest of their consent through circulation for appointment of 4 judges to SC which moreover included Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan’s title nevertheless the switch had remained “unfinished”. Notably, CJI DY Chandrachud along with Justice S Abdul Nazeer (now retired) had in the meanwhile objected to the tactic adopted for the recommendation.