Three High Court Chief Justices Made Supreme Court Judges

The correct answer is Gujarat High Court. The notification of the Ministry of Law and Justice names Justice Sunita Agarwal as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court at the time she was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and records Allahabad as her parent High Court. Option A is wrong because Allahabad is her parent High Court, that is the High Court she originally belonged to, and not the court she was heading when the elevation came. Option C is wrong because the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court named in the same notification is Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, whose parent High Court is also Allahabad. Option D is wrong because the Telangana High Court was being headed by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, whose parent High Court is Jharkhand. Candidates should keep the pairing of judge and court separate from the pairing of judge and parent High Court, since both are given in the release and both are asked.

The correct answer is Shri Gurvinder Pal Singh. The Ministry of Law and Justice notification states that the President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India, appointed Shri Gurvinder Pal Singh, a judicial officer, as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court. Option B is wrong because Aparesh Kumar Singh was the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court and he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, not an Additional Judge of a High Court. Option C is wrong because Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya was the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and he too moved to the Supreme Court. Option D is wrong because that name does not figure in either judicial notification of the day. Note the distinction the two notifications draw: for a High Court appointment the release records consultation with the Chief Justice of India, while the Supreme Court notification refers only to the powers the Constitution confers on the President.

The correct answer is two of the three judges elevated had Allahabad as their parent High Court. The notification records Allahabad as the parent High Court of Justice Sunita Agarwal and of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, while Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh belongs to the Jharkhand High Court. Option A is wrong because only Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has Jharkhand as his parent High Court. Option C is wrong because the three were heading three different High Courts, namely Gujarat, Delhi and Telangana, when they were appointed. Option D is wrong because the notification describes each of the three as a Chief Justice of a High Court at the time of appointment, which is exactly why the release is titled as the appointment of Chief Justices of High Courts as Judges of the Supreme Court. For the examination, remember both the court each judge led and the parent High Court each belongs to.