29 Supreme Court Collegium Recommendations From Nov 2022 For HC Judges Pending With Central Government

The data published by the Supreme Court regarding the judges' appointment process has revealed that 29 recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as High Court Judges during November 9, 2022 to May 5, 2025 are pending with the Central Government.

They are :

1. Ramaswamy Neelakandan (for Madras HC). Supreme Court Collegium recommended on 17-01-2023.
2. Arun Kumar (for Allahabad HC). SCC recommendation on 09-05-2023
3. Subhash Upadhyay (for Uttarakhand HC). SCC recommendation on 12-04-2023
4. Amit Sethi (for MP HC). SCC recommendation on 17-10-2023
5. Rohit Kapoor (for Punjab and Haryana HC). SCC recommendation on 04-01-2024
6. Shamima Jahan (for Gauhati HC). SCC recommendation on 04-01-2024
7. Deepak Khot(for MP HC). SCC recommendation on 09-01-2024.
8. Pavan Kumar Dwivedi (for MP HC). SCC recommendation on 09-01-2024.
9. Ramkumar Choubey (for MP HC). SCC recommendation on 09-01-2024.
10. Siddhartha Sah (for Uttarakhand HC). SCC recommendation on 17-10-2023.
11. Sreeja Vijayalakshmi (for Kerala HC). SCC recommendation on 16-04-2024.
12. Tejal Vashi (for Gujarat HC). SCC recommendation on 15-10-2024.
13. Shwetasree Majumder (for Delhi HC). SCC recommendation on 21-08-2024.
14. Rajesh Sudhakar Datar (for Bombay HC). SCC recommendation on 24-09-2024.
15.  Sachin Shivajirao Deshmukh (for Bombay HC). SCC recommendation on 24-09-2024.
16.  Gautam Ashwin Ankhad (for Bombay HC). SCC recommendation on 24-09-2024.
17. Mahendra Madhavrao Nerlikar (for Bombay HC). SCC recommendation on 24-09-2024.
18. Ritesh Kumar (for Patna HC). SCC recommendation on 20-02-2025.
19. Ansul @ Anshul Raj (for Patna HC). SCC recommendation on 20-02-2025.
20. Md. Talay Masood Siddiqui (for Calcutta HC). SCC recommendation on 25-02-2025.
21. Krishnaraj Thaker (for Calcutta HC). SCC recommendation on 25-02-2025.
22. Sandeep Taneja (for Rajasthan HC). SCC recommendation on 05-03-2025.
23. Baljinder Singh Sandhu (for Rajasthan HC). SCC recommendation on 05-03-2025.
24. Sheetal Mirdha (for Rajasthan HC). SCC recommendation on 05-03-2025.
25. Rohenkumar Kundanlal Chudawala (for Gujarat HC). SCC recommendation on 19-03-2025.
26. Amitabh Kumar Rai (for Allahabad HC). SCC recommendation on 25-03-2025.
27. Rajiv Lochan Shukla (for Allahabad HC). SCC recommendation on 25-03-2025.
28. Abdul Shahid (for Allahabad HC). SCC recommendation on 02-04-2025.
29. Tej Pratap Tiwari (for Allahabad HC). SCC recommendation on 02-04-2025.

The data also revealed that out of 303 proposals received (during November 2022 to November 2024), the Supreme Court Collegium approved 170 appointments for High Courts, including 7 judges from Scheduled Castes, 5 from the Scheduled Tribes, 21 from the OBC, 28 women, 23 minorities, and 12 related to judges and 7 from the most backward classes.

From Nov 2024 to May 5 (during CJI Sanjiv Khanna's term), the Supreme Court Collegium approved 51 appointments for High Courts out of 103 candidates. Out of 51, 11 belong to OBC, 1 belongs to Scheduled Caste, 2 belong to Scheduled Tribes, 8 are from Minorities, 6 are women and 2 are related to the sitting or retired judge of HC/SC.

From the 170 recommendations made between November 2022 to November 2024, 17 are still pending before the Government. From the 51 recommendations from November 2024 to May 5, 12 names are still pending with the Government.

The Supreme Court had earlier, on its judicial side, criticised the Union Government for sitting over collegium decisions. The Court had also disapproved of the practice of the Centre splitting up collegium resolutions, as it would disrupt the judges' seniority. Among the several pending recommendations, it is worth noting that the Centre cleared the certain other proposals in the same collegium resolution.

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