New Delhi, January 24
The Centre on Wednesday notified the appointment of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale as a judge of the Supreme Court.
Justice Varale will be the third sitting judge from the Dalit community in the Supreme Court, apart from Justice BR Gavai and Justice CT Ravikumar.
He was likely to be sworn in very soon, sources said.
The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, had on Friday recommended his elevation to the top court. The decision was taken unanimously at a meeting of the five-member collegium, which also included Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose.
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