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Supreme Court: The bench of Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ  has dismissed a plea by a district judge challenging the appointment of a ‘junior’ judicial officer as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court and seeking a stay on his swearing-in contending that it breaches the seniority rule.

The bench took up the matter through video conferencing at 10 am, just half an hour before the scheduled swearing-in of judicial officer Padmaraj N Desai as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court and dismissed it saying the Court cannot entertain such plea at the eleventh hour. The Court said that it generally does not interfere with the President’s order on appointment of judges at the eleventh hour.

Shivamogga principal district judge RKGMM Mahaswamiji has challenged the appointment of judicial officer Padmaraj N Desai as additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on the ground of seniority. The plea of Mahaswamiji said,

“It is a case of superseding/passing over of a senior District judge (who was appointed on February 25, 2008, under reserve category ie., schedule caste) by junior district judge and recommendation of Respondent No. 11 (P N Desai) by the collegium of Karnataka High Court is unlawful, arbitrary, and in clear violation of statutory rules / administrative instructions contained in the official memorandum dated October 9, 1985, and involved bias of malafide and it clearly violated the functional rights guaranteed to the Petitioner under Articles 14 and 16 of the Indian Constitution.”

He had said that if the interim relief of staying the swearing-in ceremony of judicial officer Padmaraj N Desai as an additional judge of Karnataka High Court is not granted then the purpose of the petition will be defeated and it may cause failure of complete justice and clear infraction of fundamental rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.

According to the notification issued by the registrar general of the Karnataka High Court, Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, Justice Makkimane G Uma, Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar and Justice Padmaraj N Desai, were to take oath of additional judges of Karnataka High Court at 10.30 am.

(Source: PTI)

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President appoints S/Shri (1) Shivashankar Amarannavar, (2) Smt. Makkimane Ganeshaiah Uma, (3) Vedavyasachar Srishananda, (4) Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, and (5) Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai, to be Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notification dt. 30-04-2020]

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President appoints S/Shri Justices (i) Bibek Chaudhuri (ii) Subhasis Dasgupta and (iii) Smt. Suvra Ghosh, Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court, to be Judges of the Calcutta High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notification dt. 01-05-2020]

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President appoints S/Shri Justices (i) Parth Prateem Sahu, (ii) Gautam Chourdiya and (iii) Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey, Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court, to be Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices

President is pleased to appoint Smt. Vimla Singh Kapoor, to be an Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court for a period of one year with effect from 18th June, 2020.

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Notification

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notifcation dt. 21-04-2020]

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B. P. Kanungo re-appointed as RBI Deputy Governor

The Central Government has re-appointed Shri B. P. Kanungo as Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India for a further period of one year with effect from April 3, 2020, or until further orders, whichever is earlier, upon completion of his existing term on April 2, 2020.

Reserve Bank of India

[Press Release dt. 31-03-2020]

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In terms of paragraph 5 (3) of the ‘Yes Bank Ltd. Reconstruction Scheme, 2020’ notified by Government of India on March 13, 2020 and in exercise of powers conferred to it under sub section (1) of Section 36 AB of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, Reserve Bank has appointed Shri R Gandhi (former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India) and Shri Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan (Associate Professor, S P Jain Institute of Management and Research) as additional directors on the board of Yes Bank Limited, w.e.f. March 26, 2020 for a period of two years.

Reserve Bank of India

[Press Release dt. 20-03-2020]

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President appoints the following Additional Judges to be Judges of Karnataka High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.:

(i) Mohammad Nawaz,

(ii) Harekoppa Thimmanna Gowda Narendra Prasad,

(iii) Ashok Golappa Nijagannavar,

(iv) Hethur Puttaswamygowda Sandesh, and

(v) Krishnan Natarajan 

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notification dt. 21-02-2020]

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Appointment of Judge of Common HC for UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh

President appoints Shri Rajnesh Oswal, to be a Judge of Common High Court for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notification dt. 29-01-2020]

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Appointment of the Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court

President appoints Justice Sanju Panda, the senior-most Judge of the Orissa High Court to perform the duties of the Office of Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from 05-01-2020, consequent upon the retirement of Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri, Chief Justice, Orissa High Court.

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notification dt. 03-01-2020]

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S.O. 72(E).— Consequent on the completion of the term of Office of Justice Shri M.M. Kumar as President, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on 04.01.2020, Shri Bethala Shantha Vijaya Prakash Kumar, Member (Judicial), the senior-most Member in NCLT, shall act as President, NCLT in terms of Section 415 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) for a period of three months with effect from 05.01.2020 or until a regular President is appointed or until further orders, whichever is earliest.

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

[Notification dt. 03-01-2020]

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Appointment of Additional Judges as Judges of Karnataka High Court

President is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices:

(1) Dixit Krishna Shripad,

(2) Shankar Ganapathi Pandit,

(3) Ramakrishna Devdas

(4) Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam Prasad,

(5) Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav,

Additional Judges to be Judges of the Karnataka High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

Ministry of Law and Justice

[Notification dt. 02-01-2020]

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Appointment of Executive Director of SEBI

Ms G. Babita Rayudu took charge as Executive Director in SEBI on 01-01-2020.

She will handle the Legal Affairs Department, Enforcement Department and Special Enforcement Cell (SEC).  Prior to her promotion as Executive Director, Ms. Rayudu was in the Legal Affairs Department in SEBI.

Securities Exchange Board of India

[Press Release dt. 01-01-2020]

PR No.: 1/2020

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S.O. 4479(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 189 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the Central Government hereby appoints Shri Sudhaker Shukla, as Whole Time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India with effect from 14-11-2019, i.e. date of assumption of the charge for the period of five years or upto his attainment of sixty-five years of age or until further orders, whichever is the earlier, on a consolidated salary of Rs. 4,00,000/- (rupees four lakhs ) per month.

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

[Notification dt. 13-12-2019]

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Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of following five Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court as Permanent Judges of that High Court:

  1. Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad,
  2. Justice Shankar Ganapathi Pandit,
  3. Justice Ramakrishna Devdas,
  4. Justice Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam Prasad, and

  5. Justice Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav.

[Collegium Resolution dt. 17-12-2019]