The CJI’s last one year will be remembered for filling up crucial vacancies, promoting digital technology and his humanness. However, cases of constitutional importance need more urgency.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of five additional judges of the Calcutta High Court, who should be made permanent judges of that court.
Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala, the additional judge of the Bombay High Court, whose ruling that skin-to-skin contact was necessary to invoke provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in a case of the sexual assault of a minor had sparked an uproar, and was later rescinded by the Supreme Court, will not be made a permanent judge.
For those who don't know, the decision on the candidature of senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal at least four times since 2018, and now finally the Supreme Court collegium has recommended his name as the judge of Delhi High Court.