The Collegium took into account his all-India seniority as well as the fact that Kerala High Court has no representation in the Supreme Court at present.
The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of Patna High Court Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran as a judge of the Supreme Court.
The decision was taken by the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna.
Justice Vinod Chandran, whose parent High Court is the Kerala High Court, was appointed as a judge of that High Court on November 8, 2011.
He was elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Patna on March 23, 2023 and has been functioning as the Chief Justice of that High Court since then.
“He has served as a Judge of the High Court for more than 11 years and as a Chief Justice of a big High Court for more than a year. During his long tenure as a Judge and Chief Justice of the High Court, Justice Chandran has acquired significant experience in diverse fields of law,” the Collegium noted in its resolution.
“Mr. Justice Chandran stands at Sl. No. 13 in the combined all-India seniority of High Court Judges. In the seniority of Judges hailing from the High Court of Kerala, Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran stands at Sl. No. 1. While recommending his name, the Collegium has taken into consideration the fact that there is no representation on the Bench of the Supreme Court from the High Court of Kerala,” the Collegium said.
