The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant to the Centre for their elevation as apex court judges.<br />''<br />''Justice Gavai is presently a judge of the Bombay High Court and Justice Kant is the incumbent Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.<br />''<br />''The Collegium has also reiterated its recommendation to elevate Justices Aniruddha Bose and A S Bopanna to the apex court, observing nothing adverse has been pointed out regarding their competence, conduct or integrity.<br />''<br />''Justice Bose is the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court whereas Justice Bopanna is the Gauhati High Court Chief Justice.<br />''<br />''The two resolutions of the Collegium were made public on the apex court's website today. A&nbsp; five-member Collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi met yesterday and made the recommendations.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The apex court is presently functioning with 27 judges against the sanctioned strength of 31 judges.</span>
News On AIR | May 9, 2019 1:16 PM
SC Collegium recommends names of Justices Gavai, Surya Kant for elevation as apex court judges