Appointment of High Court judges through interview by SC

New Delhi, March 29: For the first time in the appointment of High Court judges, the Supreme Court collegium - comprising the apex court's top three judges including Chief Justice of India - conducted interviews of the recommended candidate before finalising and recommending their names for appointment to Calcutta and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.

The three judge collegium includes Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice J.Chelameswar and Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The collegium meeting took place on March 26.

This is another step in making the appointment process transparent after the top court collegium had last year decided to put on its website the names of the candidates recommended for appointment as judges to the High Courts along with the reasons.

Apart from "assessing merit and suitability" of recommended candidates for elevation to the High Court, "we invited all the recommendees with a view to have an interaction with them.", said the collegium resolution put on the top court website.