SC Collegium recommends appointment of three Judicial Officer as Judges of Jammu and Kashmir High Court

In the meeting held on 19-02-2020, the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has approved the proposal for elevation of three senior Judicial Officers as Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and forwarded its decision to the Union Law Ministry for clearance.

Now, the Law Ministry has to take decision on four names as last month the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the name of Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani from the advocates’ quota.

As per the Supreme Court Collegium resolution, approval has been granted to the proposal for elevation of three senior Judicial Officers namely Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar and Puneet Gupta as Judges of the J&K High Court.

The names of these three Judicial Officers were recommended to the Supreme Court Collegium by the Collegium of J&K High Court comprising of Chief Justice Gita Mittal, first puisne Judge Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey in the month of July last year.

Vinod Chatterji Kaul is presently Chairman, J&K Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal while as Sanjay Dhar is Registrar General of the J&K High Court and Puneet Gupta is presently posted as Member, J&K Special Tribunal Jammu.

Last month, the Supreme Court Collegium had approved the name of Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani and forwarded the same to the Union Law Ministry for his appointment as J&K High Court Judge.

Now, Union Law Ministry will take a call on four names——Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar and Puneet Gupta from Judicial Officers’ quota and Javed Iqbal Wani from the advocates’ quota.

Following Law Ministry’s approval the names will be submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office for final decision of the Union Government and thereafter to the President of India for issuance of the warrant of appointment.

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