CJI Gavai’s Tenure Saw Appointments Of 11 Judges From Backward Classes, 10 From Scheduled Castes

NEW DELHI, Nov 22: Ten judges from Scheduled Caste category, eleven from Other Backward Classes and Backward Classes were appointed to different high courts of the country during Chief Justice of India BR Gavai’s tenure of around six months. Justice Gavai, who is the country’s first Buddhist and second Dalit CJI, headed the three-member collegium of the apex court which recommended 129 names to the government for appointment as judges of different high courts, out of which 93 names were cleared. Five judges — Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi, AS Chandurkar, Alok Aradhe and Vipul Manubhai Pancholi — were also appointed to the apex court during his tenure. According to the details of appointment of judges uploaded on the apex court’s website from May 14 onwards, when Justice Gavai