NEW DELHI, Sept 5: The process of appointment of Judges to High Courts is through a well established process where the HC collegium considers seniority, merit and all inputs received by the Government, the Supreme Court has said while imposing a cost of Rs 5 lakh on an advocate for abusing the court proceedings by trying to stop the elevation of a Judge.
A bench of Justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh made the observation while dismissing a plea filed by an advocate seeking directions to consider the representation submitted by him and take necessary action with the proposal of appointment of High Court Registrar General A Venkateswar Reddy as a Judge of the Telangana High Court.
The three-member Supreme Court Collegium in a meeting held on August 17 had approved the proposal for elevation of six Judicial Officers as Judges of the Telangana High Court including Reddy.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by advocate B. Sailesh Saxena seeking directions to the Centre, Telangana and Registrar (Vigilance & Administration) of the High Court of Telangana to consider the representation submitted by him and take necessary action as per law for proceeding further with the proposal of appointment of Reddy as a judge of the Telangana High Court.
The petitioner made several allegations against the High Court Registrar General and stated that his recommendation should not be processed for his elevation as a judge.(PTI)
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