The data says that 12 names are still pending approval of the Union government and only two candidates have relations with retired or sitting judges of the Supreme Court or the high court.Of the 103 candidates, 11 are from Other Backward Classes, one from Scheduled Caste, two from Scheduled Tribe, eight from minority communities and six are women.Of 221 names approved by the Collegium for judgeship in the high courts since November 9, 2022 to May 5, 2025, the names of 29 candidates are pending approval of the Centre.Only 14 of the 221 candidates were related to retired or serving members of the high court or the Supreme Court.Besides these data, the top court has also also placed the complete process of appointments to the high courts and the Supreme Court, including the role assigned to the High Court Collegium, the role of and inputs received from the state governments, Union of India and consideration by the Supreme Court Collegium, on its website for the knowledge and awareness of the public.”The proposals approved by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointments as high court judges during the period from November 9, 2022 to May 5, 2025, including the names, high court, source — whether from service or Bar, date of recommendation by the Supreme Court Collegium, date of notification by the Department of Justice, date of appointment, special category (SC/ST/OBC/Minority/Woman) and whether the candidate is related to any sitting or retired High Court/Supreme Court judge, have also been uploaded on the Supreme Court website,” the statement issued by the Supreme Court on Monday night has said.
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