Centre elevates Judicial Officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma as Judge of Manipur High Court

New Delhi: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Friday notified the elevation of a Judicial Officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma as Judge of the Manipur High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium recently in its meeting held on January 10, 2023, approved the proposal for the elevation of Aribam Guneshwar Sharma as judge of the High Court of Manipur. Before being elevated as the judge of Manipur High Court, Aribam Guneshwar Sharma was the District & Sessions Judge, Imphal West having jurisdiction over revenue districts of Imphal West, Tamenglong, Noney, Chandel & Tengnoupal and was also the Senior most District Judge in Manipur.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju also tweeted in this regard stated, "as per the provisions under the Constitution of India, Judicial Officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma has been appointed as Judge of Manipur High Court."
On Thursday, Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday while responding to the queries made by Member of Parliament Dr John Brittas, in Parliament stated that as on January 30, 2023, against the sanctioned strength of 1108 judges in various High Courts,775 judges are working and 333 posts of Judges are vacant in the High Courts.
142 proposals recommended by the High Court Collegiums are at various stages of processing. Out of these 142, 4 proposals are pending with the Supreme Court Collegium and 138 are under various stages of processing in the Government, he added.
As on January 30, 2023, recommendations in respect of 236 vacancies (191 existing and 45 anticipated vacancies during the next 6 months) are yet to be received from High Court Collegiums, which are in breach of six months advance timeline for making recommendations for anticipated vacancies, said the Law and Justice Minister.
The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended Allahabad High Court Chief Justice, Justice Rajesh Bindal, and Gujarat High Court Chief Justice, Justice Aravind Kumar for elevation as Judges of the top court.
The SC Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud along with justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph, M.R. Shah, Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv Khanna made the recommendation.
The Collegium said that they have found both of the judges to be more deserving and suitable in all respects for being appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India after carefully evaluating the merit, integrity and competence of eligible Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges of the High Courts and also accommodating a plurality of considerations.
While recommending the above names the Collegium has taken into consideration the various aspects including the seniority of Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges in their respective parent High Courts as well as the overall seniority of the High Court Judges among others. Other aspects that were considered were the merit, performance and integrity of the judges, the need to ensure diversity and inclusion in the Supreme Court by the representation of High Courts which are not represented or are inadequately represented, in the Supreme Court, appointing persons from marginalized and backward segments of society, gender diversity and representation of minorities. (ANI)