Recently, while acquitting an accused in the case of sexual violence, the judge who gave the statement that there was no skin to skin contact, so this incident cannot be called sexual violence and due to this the accused cannot be tried under the POCSO Act. . Justice Ganediwala, who makes such a controversial statement, will not be able to become a permanent judge. According to information received from the sources, the Supreme Court Collegium had refused to make him a permanent judge.
It is noteworthy that when Justice Ganediwala gave this decision, people from all four were against this decision. The Supreme Court itself had to stay this decision. However, apart from Ganediwala, additional judges Madhav Jayajirao Jamdar, Amit Bhalchandra Borkar and Shrikant Kulkarni are included. Apart from this, the collegium has also recommended the appointment of Justice Abhay Ahuja as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court. He will be appointed with effect from March 4, 2022. In another decision, the collegium approved a proposal to appoint Justice Aniruddha Rai, additional judge of the Calcutta High Court, as a permanent judge. Apart from Chief Justice Ramana, the three-member Supreme Court Collegium comprises Justice UU Lalit and Justice AM Khanwilkar.