Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud administered the oath of office to Justice Varale at a function held in the Supreme Court, attended by other judges and members of the bar. Supreme Court Achieves Full Operational Capacity with Justice PB Varale’s Swearing-In.
The Supreme Court collegium had recommended Justice Varale’s elevation to the top court on January 19 and the Centre cleared the recommendation on Wednesday. With this appointment, the Supreme Court will once again function at full strength. The lone vacancy was created when Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul retired in December last year.
“The Supreme Court of India has operated almost throughout last year with full strength of thirty-four judges and, therefore, could achieve the distinction of recording an unprecedented rate of disposal by disposing of 52,191 cases in the calendar year 2023,” the collegium resolution had stated.
“Bearing in mind that the workload of judges has increased considerably, it has become necessary to ensure that the court has full working judge strength at all times,” the statement added.
Apart from CJI Chandrachud, the five-member collegium that recommends Supreme Court judges comprises Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose.
The collegium said that Justice Varale, whose parent high court is Bombay High Court, is a “competent judge with unimpeachable conduct and integrity and has throughout maintained high standard of professional ethics”. The collegium also underlined that it has taken into consideration the fact that Justice Varale belongs to the Scheduled Caste and ranks sixth in the all-India list of seniority of high court judges.
(article courtesy- Indian Express )
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