Justice Joseph elevation: Supreme Court collegium likely to meet today
Supreme Court of India
Justice Joseph`s name was recommended by the Collegium in January along with senior advocate of the top court and now SC Judge, Justice Indu Malhotra.
The five-judge Collegium of the Supreme Court (SC) is expected to meet on Friday to take a decision on the Centre`s objections on the elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph as a judge of the apex court.
The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, had earlier met on May 2 to reconsider the issue but had deferred the decision on the same.
Justice Joseph`s name was recommended by the Collegium in January along with senior advocate of the top court and now SC Judge, Justice Indu Malhotra.
The Centre cleared Justice Malhotra`s file but sent Justice Joseph`s file back to the Collegium and asked it to reconsider its recommendation.