Kapadia is new CJI

Supreme Court gets a woman judge

Justice Balakrishnan is tipped to be the next chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission which is lying vacant for the past one year.

Sixty-two-year-old Kapadia’s warrant of appointment, signed by President Pratibha Patil, has been sent to the Supreme Court registry, official sources said.
Justice Kapadia will be Chief Justice of India for about two years and four months.
Born on September 29, 1947, Kapadia enrolled as an advocate in September 1974. Kapadia was appointed Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in October 1991. He was elevated as a permanent judge  in March 1993.

Other changes
Justice Mishra, CJ of Jharkhand High Court, Justice H L Gokhale, CJ of Madras HC, and Justice A R Dave, CJ of Bombay HC on Friday took oath as  judges of the Supreme Court.

With the appointment of these three judges, the strength of the Supreme Court has gone up to 30 out of the sanctioned strength of 31.
Justice Mishra is the fourth woman judge to be elevated to the Supreme Court after Justices Fatima Beevi, Sujata Manohar and Ruma Pal.

Firm on Dinakaran
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court collegium has stuck to its recommendation to shift Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice J S Khehar will replace Justice Dinakaran in the Karnataka High Court.

Patna High Court Chief Justice Deepak Misra is being transferred to the Delhi High Court. Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Mohit S Shah has been transferred to the Bombay High Court, in the place of Justice A R Dave, who has been elevated to the Supreme Court.

Justice J N Patel, senior most judge of the Bombay High Court, is being appointed Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, according to a Supreme Court source.
Sikkim High Court Chief Justice Barin Ghosh has been shifted to the Uttarakhand High Court. Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Madan B Lokur, who has been earlier transferred to the Karnataka High Court as acting Chief Justice, has been shifted to the Assam High Court as its Chief Justice.
DH News Service