The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of seven new Chief Justices for High Courts.
One of the name that features in the list is that of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Sunita Agarwal as Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
The details of the recommendations have been notified and if the Central government gives green signal,Justice Agarwal will currently the be only woman Chief Justice of a High Court.
The reason for recommending Justice Agarwal’s name was thought by the Collegium considering the fact that she would be the only woman Chief Justice of a High Court as there are no woman among the Chief Justices of the High Courts.
The last Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court was also held by a women judge aned Justice Sonia Gokani, who superannuated in February this year.
After the retirement of Justiec Sonia Gokani, the position was taken by Justice Ashish Desai who took over as Acting Chief Justice.
Justice Desai has now been recommended for elevation as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
Justice Agarwal graduated from Awadh University in the year 1989 and on December 16, 1990, enrolled as an advocate.
She was elevated as an additional judge of the Allahabad High Court on November 21, 2011 and took oath as a permanent judge on August 6, 2013.