Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevating 4 Judges To Madras High Court

The four judges are R Sakthivel, P Dhanabal, Chinnasamy Kumparappan and K Rajasekar

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the centre the names of four district judges for appointment as judges of the Madras High Court. The four judges are R Sakthivel, P Dhanabal, Chinnasamy Kumparappan and K Rajasekar.

The collegium also told the centre to notify the names of R John Sathyan and Ramaswamy Neelakandan, whose names were given in the collegium's previous recommendations in January this year, for appointment to the high court.

The Supreme Court said the names who it has already recommended and reiterated should not be "withheld or overlooked" as any delay disturbs the seniority of candidates.

"The names which have been recommended earlier in point of time including the reiterated names ought not to be withheld or overlooked as this disturbs their seniority whereas those recommended later steal march on them. Loss of seniority of candidates recommended earlier in point of time has been noted by the collegium and is a matter of grave concern," the collegium said in its communication to the centre.