New Delhi: Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice of Telangana High Court and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court to the top court, news agency ANI reported. The Supreme Court collegium with Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant took the decision in a meeting on Wednesday and the resolution was uploaded on the apex court website.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's parent High Court is the Gauhati High Court. He was appointed as the judge of the Gauhati HC on October 17, 2011. Bhuyan is the senior-most judge of his parent High Court and has been serving as Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court since June 28 last year.
“Mr Justice Bhuyan has served as a judge of the Gauhati High Court and as Chief Justice of High Court for the State of Telangana. During his long tenure as a judge of the High Court Mr Justice Bhuyan has acquired significant experience in diverse fields of law. He has acquired specialisation and domain knowledge in the law of taxation. He has also served as a judge of the Bombay High Court dealing with a wide spectrum of cases including taxation. His judgments cover wide ranging issues pertaining to law and justice. Mr. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan is a judge with a good reputation for integrity and competence," the Collegium resolution said.
Meanwhile, Justice Venkatanarayana Bhatti was appointed as a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on April 12, 2013 and is the senior-most in his parent High Court. He was transferred to Kerala High Court in March 2019 and is currently serving as Chief Justice since June 1, 2023.
"During his long tenure as a judge of the High Court of Andhra High Pradesh and as a Judge and subsequently as Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala, Mr Justice Bhatti has acquired considerable experience in various branches of law. The judgments authored by him dealing with issues in various branches of law stand testimony to his legal acumen and competence. Apart from according representation to the State of Andhra Pradesh, the appointment of Mr Justice Bhatti will provide a value addition in terms of his acquired knowledge and experience. He commands a good reputation and possesses integrity and competence," as per the SC Collegium resolution.