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Collegium Recommends Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan as Jharkhand HC Chief Justice

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Collegium Recommends Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan as Jharkhand HC Chief Justice

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EventCollegium Recommends Jharkhand HC Chief Justice
Key FigureJustice Tarlok Singh Chauhan (Senior-most judge, Himachal Pradesh HC)
RecommendationElevation as Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
Constitutional ProvisionsArticle 124(2): SC judges appointed by President after consultation.
Article 217: HC judges appointed by President after consultation.
Collegium SystemMethod for appointing and transferring judges in SC and HCs.
Not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution.
CompositionSC Collegium: CJI + four senior-most SC judges.
HC Collegium: Chief Justice of HC + two senior-most judges.
Evolution of CollegiumDeveloped through four landmark SC cases (Judges Cases):
First Judges Case (1981): Consultation ≠ Concurrence.
Second Judges Case (1993): Consultation = Concurrence.
Third Judges Case (1998): Expanded collegium to five members.
NJAC (2014): Introduced but struck down by SC, reaffirming collegium.

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