The Supreme Court collegium led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has proposed to appoint Justice S Vaidyanathan as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
Currently, the office of the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court is vacant following the retirement of Justice Sanjib Banerjee yesterday.
Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice till appointment of a permanent Chief Justice.
If the Law Ministry approves the proposal of the Supreme Court collegium to appoint Justice Vaidyanathan, he will be the second Judge of the Madras High Court to be appointed as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court after Justice Banerjee.
Justice Vaidyanathan was appointed as a Judge of the Madras High Court on October 25, 2013.
His area of practice was labour, service, criminal and company matters. As regards his contribution to the judiciary by way of disposal of cases, during his tenure of ten years as a judge of the Madras High Court, he authored 1219 reported judgments, of which 692 were delivered during the last five years.
While recommending his name, the collegium has also taken into consideration the fact that the Madras High Court which is one of the largest High Courts in the country is presently represented by only one Chief Justice among the Chief Justices of the High Courts.
