Collegium Recommends Two Judges For Elevation To Supreme Court
NDTV
The current strength of the Supreme Court is 32 and two berths need to be filled to reach the maximum sanctioned strength of 34.
Two judges have been recommended for elevation to the Supreme Court -- Guwahati High Court Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat High Court Judge Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala. The five-member Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, has sent the recommendations to the government, sources said.
Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia joined the Bar at Allahabad High Court in 1986 and shifted to home state Uttarakhand when it was formed in 2000. He was the first Chief Standing Counsel in the High Court of Uttarakhand and was later an Additional Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand.
He was elevated as the Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court in November 2008 and later became the Chief Justice of the High Court of Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, a fourth generation legal professional, started practicing law at the High Court of Gujarat in 1990. He was appointed as the Standing Counsel for the High Court of Gujarat in 2002 and held the office till the date of his elevation to the Bench on 17 February 2011.