The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday recommended names of three High Court judges to be appointed as judges of the Supreme Court of India..The recommendation was made by the Collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India BR Gavai.The following are the three judges recommended by the Collegium for elevation to the top court: - Justice NV Anjaria - currently the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court (parent High Court - Gujarat) - Justice Vijay Bishnoi - currently the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court (parent High Court - Rajasthan);- Justice Atul S Chandurkar - judge at the Bombay High Court. .Justice Anjaria began practicing law at the Gujarat High Court in August 1988 under Senior Advocate SN Shelat. He handled constitutional, civil, labour, and service matters and served as standing counsel for various state bodies, including the High Court, State Election Commission, and Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation.Justice Anjaria was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on November 21, 2011 and became a permanent judge on September 6, 2013. He took oath as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on February 25, 2024..Justice Bishnoi was enrolled as an advocate on July 8, 1989. He practiced at the Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal in Jodhpur, handling a wide range of matters including civil, criminal, constitutional, service and election cases.He served as Additional Central Government Standing Counsel (2000–2004) and represented various departments of the Rajasthan government such as Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Stamps & Registration, Co-operative, Labour, Transport, and Excise. Justice Bishnoi was appointed an Additional Judge of the Rajasthan High Court on January 8, 2013 and became a permanent judge on January 7, 2015. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court and took oath on February 5, 2024..Justice Chandurkar was enrolled as a lawyer on July 21, 1988, and began his legal career in the chambers of Senior Advocate BN Naik in Mumbai, who was later elevated to the Bench. In 1992, he shifted his practice to Nagpur, where he appeared before various courts and dealt with a wide range of legal matters.Justice Chandurkar is also an author of two legal books—one on The Maharashtra Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayats & Industrial Townships Act, 1965, and the other on The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999.He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on June 21, 2013..With the recent retirements of former CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Abhay S Oka and Bela Trivedi, the Supreme Court is currently functioning with 31 judges, leaving three vacancies. If the latest recommendations are approved, the Court will operate at its full sanctioned strength of 34..[Read Collegium Resolution]
