The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of Justice Prasanna B Varale, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, asthe Judge of Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Collegium bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud observed that the judgments authored by him deal with variety of issues in every field of law. He being the competent judge with unimpeachable conduct and integrity and has through out maintained high standard of professional ethics.
The Supreme Court Collegium while recommending the name of Justice Varale’s has taken into consideration the fact that among the High Court Judges he is the senior-most Judge belonging to a Scheduled Caste and the only Chief Justice belonging to a Scheduled Caste among the Chief Justices of High Courts across the country. The Supreme Court Collegium stated that he stands at Sl No.6 in the combined all-India seniority of High Court Judges and in the seniority of Judges of the High Court of Bombay, he is the senior-most Judge. The Supreme Court Collegium in its resolution stated that his elevation as a Judge of
The Supreme Court Collegium bench comprises of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose. The Supreme Court Collegium also recommended Justice PS Dinesh Kumar to be the next CJ of the Karnataka High Court
consequent to the elevation of Justice Varale.