NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium has sent to the Centre the names of senior advocate Indu Malhotra and Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph for their appointment as judges of the Apex Court, sources said today.
This move by the collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, comes amid an ongoing tussle in the top court which had came into fore after the unprecedented January 12 press conference by four senior most judges there.
The sources said these two names have now been formally sent to the Government.
Malhotra would become the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the Apex Court, sources said.
The name of Justice Joseph, who was part of the bench which in 2016 had quashed the imposition of President’s Rule in the State, has also been cleared for elevation to the Apex Court in a collegium meeting held on January 10. (AGENCIES)
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