Government asks Supreme Court collegium to reconsider names of 3 judges for elevation

NEW DELHI: Government is learnt to have requested the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider the names of three senior judges it had recommended for elevation to the apex court.

Sources said government had written to the collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir to once again consider its recommendation to elevate Chief Justices of three High Courts as judges of the Supreme Court.

Under the present system, the if collegium sents back the names to the government again, then it is bound to consider them for elevation.