Seven posts will be vacant in the Supreme Court as soon as CJI Lalit retires on November 8

At present, six posts of judges are vacant in the Supreme Court and there will be a total of seven vacancies in the Supreme Court once Chief Justice UU Lalit retires on November 8. Not only this, if the posts of judges in the Supreme Court are not filled soon, three more posts will become vacant in the next six months due to the retirement of the judges, which will increase the total number of vacancies to ten. However, the Supreme Court Collegium has sent a recommendation to the government to elevate Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta to the Supreme Court.

The total sanctioned posts of judges in the Supreme Court including the Chief Justice are 34. At present there are 28 judges working in the Supreme Court and six posts are vacant. CJI UU Lalit is retiring on November 8. After the retirement of Justice Lalit, the number of vacant posts will increase to seven. After Justice Lalit, on January 4, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer will retire. Then in May, two more judges, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, will retire on May 14 and Justice MR Shah on May 15.

In June next month, three judges Justice KM Joseph will retire on June 16, Justice Ajay Rastogi on June 17 and Justice V. Ram Subramaniam on June 29. Then on July 8, Justice Krishna Murari will retire. By then, if new judges are not appointed, the vacancies in the Supreme Court will increase to 14. However, there is every possibility of new judges coming in the meantime. The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on September 26 has sent a recommendation to the government to appoint Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Dipankar Dutta as a judge of the Supreme Court.

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