SC Collegium reiterates recommendation to appoint Sundaresan as Judge, Bombay HC

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its recommendation made on February 16, 2022, to appoint advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as Judge of the Bombay High Court. The Collegium mentioned that the ground on which reconsideration of the candidature of Sundaresan has been sought is that he has aired his views on social media on several matters which are the subject matter of consideration before the courts.

In its response, the Collegium observed that  "The manner in which the candidate has expressed his views does not justify the inference that he is a “highly biased opinionated person” or that he has been “selectively critical on the social media on the important policies, initiatives and directions of the Government” (as indicated in the objections of Department of Justice) nor is there any material to indicate that the expressions used by the candidate are suggestive of his links with any political party with strong ideological leanings.

It noted that Sundaresan has specialised in commercial law and would be an asset to the Bombay High Court.