Justice Aniruddha Bose, a senior judge of the Calcutta High Court, has been recommended by the Supreme Court collegium for the post of the Delhi High Court chief justice, which has been vacant since April last year. The other high courts for which names of chief justices have been recommended are Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Calcutta, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Manipur. The Supreme Court collegium today made public the names Justice Bose and nine other judges for appointment as the chief justices of the high courts. The post of the Delhi High Court chief justice has been vacant since the retirement of Justice G Rohini on April 13 last year.
She was the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court. After her retirement, Justice Gita Mittal, who is the senior-most judge, has been officiating as an acting chief justice of the high court. The recommendations, made on January 10 by the collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, were today posted on the official website of the apex court.
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