Collegium recommends K'taka HC chief justice elevation of as SC judge

The Supreme Court collegium on Friday recommended the elevation of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PB Varale as a judge in top court, underlining that he is a competent judge with unimpeachable conduct and integrity and has throughout maintained high standard of professional ethics.

- Utkarsh Anand

NEW DELHI: Headed by CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the collegium, in its resolution, noted that justice Varale has acquired considerable experience as a judge of the Bombay high court where he was appointed in 2008, and as chief justice of Karnataka HC.

"While recommending his name, the collegium has taken into consideration the fact that among the high court judges, he is the senior-most Judge belonging to a scheduled caste and the only chief justice belonging to a scheduled caste among the chief justices of high courts across the country," emphasised the collegium, which also comprised justices Sanjiv Khanna, Bhushan R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose.