The Ultimate Courtroom Collegium had on March 6 really useful the elevation of Justice Bagchi to the apex court docket.
Justice Bagchi would be the first CJI from the Calcutta HC after past due CJI Altamas Kabir who retired from administrative center in 2013. He’s going to grow to be the Leader Justice of India in Would possibly 2031 upon retirement of Justice KV Viswanathan for a quite quick length since he’ll demit administrative center in October 2031.
The SC Collegium additionally took into consideration the truth that Justice Bagchi is 11th within the all-India seniority checklist of prime court docket judges. “The Collegium has additionally considered the truth that, at the present, the bench of the Ultimate Courtroom is represented by way of just one pass judgement on from the Prime Courtroom at Calcutta. Justice Joymalya Bagchi stands at serial quantity 11 within the blended all-India seniority of prime court docket judges, together with leader justices,” the Collegium famous in its solution.
Justice Bagchi was once appointed as a pass judgement on of the Prime Courtroom at Calcutta on June 27, 2011, and transferred to the Prime Courtroom of Andhra Pradesh on January 4, 2021. He was once repatriated to the Calcutta Prime Courtroom on November 8, 2021, and has been serving there since then. He has served as a pass judgement on of the prime court docket for greater than 13 years.





































