The process for possible elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph as a Supreme Court judge might only get delayed as the apex court collegium, which had agreed in principle to reiterate his name to the Centre, will undergo a change due to the superannuation of Justice Jasti Chelameswar.
The apex court collegium, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, had on May 11 agreed in principle to reiterate its recommendation for elevating Justice Joseph as a judge of the apex court. However, it could not decide the date for pressing for his name to the Centre.
The collegium on its next meeting on May 16 deferred the decision saying "... There should be further deliberation and broad-based consideration of the names of the chief justices as well as judges of the high courts which are at present not represented in the Supreme Court."
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