Gujarat HC advocates’ outfit moves SC for Akil Kureshi's appointment
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New Delhi: The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the “deliberate inaction” of the Centre in what it said on a May 10 recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium to appoint Bombay High Court judge, Justice Akil Kureshi, as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The Collegium made the May 10 recommendation based on the law laid down in the Second Judges Case and Memorandum of Procedure for judicial appointments and transfers, it said.
18 other additional judges of different High Courts had been appointed since May 10, while the decision on Justice Kureshi is pending.
In June, the government had appointed Justice Ravi Shanker Jha as the Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court without any word on Justice Kureshi.