Supreme Court Collegium recommends Justice Ghuge for Calcutta High Court chief justice

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended Justice Ravindra V Ghuge of the Bombay High Court for appointment as Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. The recommendation was made at a Collegium meeting held on August 6, according to Bar & Bench. Justice Ghuge is presently the acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. He was appointed to that role after then Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar was elevated to the Supreme Court in June. Justice Ghuge was elevated as a High Court judge in 2013. He completed his law education at MP Law college in Aurangabad in 1990 and joined the Bar in 1990. At the same meeting, the Collegium recommended Allahabad High Court Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi as the next Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. If approved by the Central government, he will be the 50th Chief Justice of that court and the second from Allahabad. He was made an additional judge on September 27, 2013, and a permanent judge on April 10, 2015. Bar & Bench reports that Calcutta High Court is functioning with 41 judges, against a sanctioned strength of 72. Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty is currently its acting Chief Justice.