NEW DELHI: In the first of its meetings, the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday recommended names of five High Court judges for appointment to the top court.
Those recommended are: Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (parent high court (PHC) : Allahabad); Justice Sanjay Karol, Chief Justice, Patna High Court (PHC: Himachal Pradesh); Justice P V Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice, Manipur High Court (PHC: Telangana); Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, judge, Patna High Court; and, Justice Manoj Misra, judge, Allahabad High Court.
Of the five names, three judges are from the Allahabad High Court, which is the largest High Court of the country.
The six-member Collegium comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Abdul Nazeer, K M Joseph, M R Shah and Sanjiv Khanna met here to finalise the names.
On Monday, Justice Dipankar Datta was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court, taking the number of judges to the top court to 28 against the sanctioned strength of 34 judges.
If the Union government finally approves the five names, the number of SC judges would be enhanced to 33.
