The Advocates Association Bengaluru has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court over the non-appointment of the 11 persons proposed as High Court Judges by the Supreme Court Collegium which is delayed by the Central Government.
According to the contempt plea, the Centre’s conduct is in violation of the mandate laid down in the 2019 judgment of M/s PLR Projects Pvt. Ltd. v. Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. & Ors , as after the Supreme Court Collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India reiterates a name for appointment as a judge such appointment should be processed and appointment should be made within a month.
The plea highlighted that the aim is to ensure compliance by the government with the judgments in Subhash Sharma, the Second Judges case, the Third Judges case, as the unreasonable delay in the matters of appointment after recommendations have been made by the Collegium are detrimental to the persons recommended.
The Association highlighted the following eleven names:-
Proposed for appointment as Calcutta High Court Judge.
Jaytosh Majumdar (Advocate)
Amitesh Banerjee (Advocate)
Raja Basu Chowdhury (Advocate)
Lapita Banerji (Advocate)
Sakya Sen (Advocate)
Proposed for appointment as Jammu & Kashmir High Court Judge
Moksha Kazmi (Khajuria) (Advocate)
Rahul Bharti (Advocate)
Proposed for appointment as Karnataka High Court Judge
Nagendra Ramachandra Naik (Advocate)
Aditya Sondhi (Advocate)
Proposed for appointment as Allahabad High Court Judge
J Umesh Chandra Sharma (Judicial Officer)
Syed Waiz Mian (Judicial Officer)