SC Collegium Recommends Appointment of Senior Advocate KV Viswanathan As Top Court’s Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium has recently passed a resolution recommending the appointment of Senior Advocate KV Viswanathan as a Supreme Court judge.

The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India CJI DY Chandrachud considering that there was only a member from the bar directly appointed to the Supreme Court bench while making the recommendation.

While reading the resolution, “In their considered opinion, Mr. KV Viswanathan, Senior Advocate is eminently suitable for being appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court.”

Although, the apex court has a sanctioned strength of 34 judges and is presently functioning with 32.

Further, 4 more vacancies are going to arise by the 2nd week of July and the working strength of judges will come to 28.

Meera Verma

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