NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna on Thursday unanimously recommended to the Union govt to appoint Delhi HC chief justice Manmohan as an SC judge.
SC, with a sanctioned strength of 34 judges, including the CJI, at present is functioning with 32 judges. Till a year ago, Delhi HC had four representations among judges of SC, which with retirements of Justices S R Bhat, Sanjay K Kaul and Hima Kohli, has gone down to one (CJI Khanna).
The collegium met on Thursday afternoon and agreed to recommend Justice Manmohan’s appointment as an SC judge, just 20 days before his retirement as an HC judge on Dec 16, 2024. On being appointed as SC judge, Justice Manmohan would have a tenure of little more than three years in the apex court.