{"id":9603,"date":"2024-01-25T08:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T08:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=9603"},"modified":"2024-01-25T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T08:01:08","slug":"justice-pb-varale-sworn-in-as-sc-judge-apex-court-gets-full-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/justice-pb-varale-sworn-in-as-sc-judge-apex-court-gets-full-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice PB Varale Sworn-In As SC Judge, Apex Court Gets Full Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DY\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>P\u00a0<\/span><\/span>B\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka\u00a0<\/span><\/span>High\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>oath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>One\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cleared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>name\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judicial\u00a0<\/span>office,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sworn-in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ceremony\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span>place\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grounds.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>With\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sitting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dalit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>34\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>B\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gavai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>T\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravikumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>belong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Caste\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chaired\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Justice<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seniority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Caste\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supporting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>nomination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>month.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>retirement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>25,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2018,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>vacancy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>week\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>appointed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>pleased\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>appoint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prasanna\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhalachandra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Karnataka\u00a0<\/span>High\u00a0<\/span>Court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>India<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>date\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assumes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>notification\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exercise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>powers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clause\u00a0<\/span>(2)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>124\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>functioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nearly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full\u00a0<\/span>strength\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>34\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>record\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>unprecedented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>case-handling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rate\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resolving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>52,191\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>essential\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>always\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>duty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>times\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>rise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>workload.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Collegium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>chosen\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>candidate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>fill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>open\u00a0<\/span><\/span>position,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>born\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span>23,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1962,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>July\u00a0<\/span>18,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2008,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>appointed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bombay\u00a0<\/span>High\u00a0<\/span>Court.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>15,\u00a0<\/span>2022,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>promoted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>position\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Karnataka\u00a0<\/span>High\u00a0<\/span>Court.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>With\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Varale’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promotion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bombay\u00a0<\/span>High\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bombay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>High\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gavai,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Abhay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Oka,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0DY\u00a0Chandrachud\u00a0gave\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0P\u00a0B\u00a0Varale\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Karnataka\u00a0High\u00a0Court\u00a0the\u00a0oath\u00a0of\u00a0office\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0justice\u00a0here\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday. One\u00a0day\u00a0after\u00a0the\u00a0Centre\u00a0cleared\u00a0his\u00a0name\u00a0for\u00a0judicial\u00a0office,\u00a0the\u00a0sworn-in\u00a0ceremony\u00a0took\u00a0place\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court’s\u00a0grounds. With\u00a0the\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0and\u00a0three\u00a0other\u00a0sitting\u00a0justices\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Dalit\u00a0group,\u00a0the\u00a0top\u00a0court\u00a0now\u00a0has\u00a034\u00a0judges,\u00a0including\u00a0the\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0of\u00a0India.\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0first\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0court. 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