Supreme Court: HC judges appointed on merit, seniority

New Delhi, September 5

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The process of appointment of judges to high courts is through a well established process where the HC collegium considers seniority, merit and all inputs received by the government, the Supreme Court has said while imposing a cost of Rs 5 lakh on an advocate for abusing the court proceedings by trying to stop the elevation of a judge.

A Bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh made the observation while dismissing a plea filed by an advocate seeking directions to consider the representation submitted by him and take necessary action with the proposal of appointment of High Court Registrar General A Venkateswar Reddy as a judge of the Telangana High Court.

The three-member SC Collegium in a meeting on August 17 had approved the proposal for elevation of six judicial officers as judges of the Telangana High Court, including Reddy. The SC was hearing a plea by advocate B Sailesh Saxena seeking directions to the Centre, Telangana and Registrar of Telangana HC to consider his representation. — PTI