Supreme Court Collegium recommends names of 5 Judicial Officers, 2 Advocates for appointment as Gujarat High Court Judges

 

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI DY Chandrachud has recommended the names of five judicial officers & two advocates for appointment as judges in the Gujarat High Court.

The SC Collegium, which also comprises justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul & KM Joseph, on Thursday, resolved to recommend the names of Judicial Officers Susan Valentine Pinto, Hasmukhbhai Dalsukhbhai Suthar, Jitendra Champaklal Doshi, Mangesh Rameshchandra Mengdey, & Divyeshkumar Amrutlal Joshi & advocates Devan Mahendrabhai Desai & Moxa Kiran Thakker.

 

With regard to judge Pinto, the Collegium noted she is from the Higher Judicial Service of the state of Gujarat & an experienced judicial officer.

It noted, “Nothing adverse to her integrity has been placed on record. In view of the above, the Collegium is of the considered opinion that Ms Susan Valentine Pinto is fit & suitable for being appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Gujarat".

On judge Suthar & judge Doshi’s name, the Collegium noted nothing adverse to their integrity has been placed on record.

 

On the name of judicial officer Mengdey, the Collegium considered the report of the Judgment Committee in the High Court which has assessed the judgements of the candidate under consideration, report of the Intelligence Bureau & the opinion of the consultee-judges with regard to suitability.

“Nothing adverse to his integrity has been placed on record. In view of the above, the Collegium is of the considered opinion that Shri Mangesh Rameshchandra Mengdey is suitable for being appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Gujarat,” it said.

With regard to judge Joshi, the Collegium found nothing adverse to his integrity.

 

“In view of the above, the Collegium is of the considered opinion that Shri Divyeshkumar Amrutlal Joshi is suitable for being appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Gujarat. While considering the above proposal, the Collegium has also taken note of the fact that the above proposal involves non recommendation of two senior Judicial Officers.

“In this regard, we find that the High Court Collegium has duly recorded reasons for not recommending the names of those Judicial Officers. We are in agreement with the justification given by the High Court Collegium in its minutes for not recommending the senior Judicial Officers,” the resolution uploaded on the apex court website said.

The SC collegium noted that the Collegium of the Gujarat High Court comprising the then Chief Justice & two senior-most Judges unanimously made the recommendation to appoint the two advocates as judges on September 26, 2022.

 

The chief minister & the Governor of the State of Gujarat have concurred with the recommendation, it said.

“In order to ascertain the fitness & suitability of the advocates for elevation to the High Court, in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure, the Judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the High Court of Gujarat were consulted.

“For the purpose of assessing the merit & suitability of the candidates for elevation to the High Court of Gujarat, we have scrutinised & evaluated the material placed on record, including the inputs furnished by the Intelligence Bureau. We have also perused the observations made by the Department of Justice in the file,” the Collegium said.

 

The Collegium noted in its resolution that Desai is 52 years old & has considerable standing at the Bar & practices predominantly in the City Civil Court at Ahmedabad.

“His experience at the Bar in handling cases at the trial level before the City Civil Court would be an asset particularly in dealing with civil & commercial work in the High Court of Gujarat. We have duly considered the opinions of the consultee-judges.

“We have also analysed the IB report & find that Shri Desai enjoys a good personal & professional image & nothing adverse has come to notice against his integrity,” the Collegium said.

 

The Collegium noted in its resolution that Desai is 52 years old & has considerable standing at the Bar & practices predominantly in the City Civil Court at Ahmedabad.

“His experience at the Bar in handling cases at the trial level before the City Civil Court would be an asset particularly in dealing with civil & commercial work in the High Court of Gujarat. We have duly considered the opinions of the consultee-judges.

“We have also analysed the IB report & find that Shri Desai enjoys a good personal & professional image & nothing adverse has come to notice against his integrity,” the Collegium said.

 “In view of the above, the Collegium is of the considered opinion that Ms Moxa Kiran Thakker is suitable for being appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Gujarat. In view of the above, the Collegium resolves to recommend that Shri Devan Mahendrabhai Desai & Ms Moxa Kiran Thakker, Advocates, be appointed as Judges of the High Court of Gujarat. Their inter se seniority be fixed as per the existing practice,” it said.

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