SC roster: Only 3 empty chairs post Eqbal+Gowda+Sen

The Supreme Court roster increased to 28 on 24 December after the swearing in of three new judges – former Madras high court chief justice MY Eqbal, former Karnataka high court chief justice Vikramjit Sen, and Orissa high court judge V Gopala Gowda.

62 years-old Sen who fills the Christian representation on the roster since former SC judge Cyriac Joseph’s retirement a year ago, will enjoy the shortest tenure out of the three.

Eqbal and Gowda, aged 61, will retire after a little over three and four years respectively. [The Hindu]

The recommendations for the three judges were made on 5 December.

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vijay m vaghela 6 Jan 2013, 15:27
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In India, law and legal system, kept control on all though having insufficient assistance from the Central/ State Government.
All will Agree that Quasi- Judicial Authorities and Policy decision of central/ State Government are not in accordance with law and only our Courts - makes them Good and supervises the law- enforcement in true spirit.

Administrative Actions and Police Actions are always under our Courts Supervision- acts in accordance with law.
We must respect our Judges and Court staff and should put pressure on Governments to give more assistance and helps as needed. ; Give them latest and advanced facilities with free hands. Vijay M Vaghela
Nikhil 11 Jan 2013, 05:50
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Actually there will be four vacancies. Justice Swatanter Kumar retired in December itself. But his name still shows on the website. And Justice D. K. Jain is set to retire at the end of this month so that brings the count upto five in a matter of days.