Justice Bhuyan is the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti were recommended for promotion as supreme court justices by the collegium, which is led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. The resolution was posted on the website of the supreme court after the collegium, which also includes Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, and surya Kant, reached an agreement at a meeting on Wednesday.
The Chief Justice of the telangana High court is Justice Bhuyan, while the Chief Justice of the kerala High court is Justice Bhatti. Although the supreme court is authorised to have 34 justices, 31 are now sitting on the court as a result of the retirement of three members last month.
Justices K. lakshman and P. sree Sudha, sitting as a division bench, on tuesday granted bail for one month, from July 5 to august 4, while reserving the matter for orders. The panel was deliberating over a writ appeal submitted by Joshi Madhavi, the wife of Ganesh. Senior attorney B Nalin Kumar delivered arguments on behalf of Madhavi, assisted by the on record attorney T Rahul. After 27 years in jail, PBV Ganesh, a lifelong prisoner at the Cherlapally Jail, was granted temporary release by the telangana High Court. Ganesh was found guilty of the 1995 murders of Ch Venkataratnam, the assassin of former Ongole mp Magunta Subbirami Reddy, and Venkataratnam. At the time, Ganesh was a member of the banned Maoist group.