CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Highly-placed sources said the SC Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, met recently and recommended the elevation of Justice Vazifdar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Chief Justice Aravind Kumar were recommended to the Supreme Court Collegium last month. The appointments of Justices Bindal and Kumar follow closely on the heels of the February 4 appointments of five judges to the apex court, based on recommendations made in December 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the Collegium system, the Chief Justice of India and his 4 senior-most colleagues make recommendations for the candidates to be appointed as SC and HC judges to the President. The Collegium right now has six judges instead of five.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Collegium proposed Justice T.S. Sivagnanam as Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court upon the retirement of the incumbent, Justice Prakash Shrivastava, on March 30, 2023. Justice Sivagnanam is currently the seniormost puisne judge in the Calcutta High Court. His parent High Court is Madras.

Detailed explanation-5: -John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979–1980 and as a law clerk for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term.