On the elevation of Justice R Mahadevan to the apex court, the resolution said, “Being conversant with the work of Justice Mahadevan on the judicial side and as a senior judge of the high court, the collegium is of the view that he is eminently suitable for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Mahadevan belongs to a backward community from Tamil Nadu and his appointment will bring diversity to the bench. The collegium has taken due note of the fact that Justice R Mahadevan ranks third in the order of presently serving judges of the Madras HC including the judges who have been posted as chief justices outside the Madras HC.”Regarding Kotiswar Singh’s elevation, the Collegium resolution said, “His (Justice Singh) appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court will provide representation to the northeast, and in particular he will be the first judge from the State of Manipur to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court.” It further said, “Justice Singh has an impeccable record, both in judicial capacity and in terms of the work which has been rendered by him on the administrative side, as the Chief Justice of the High Court for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.Justice Mahadevan, who was born in 1963 in Chennai, graduated from the Madras Law College before being enrolled as an advocate in 1989. He mainly practised in civil, criminal and writ sides, but his area of specialisation was tax law. He was elevated as a judge of the HC in 2013. He is well-known for his erudition in Tamil literature.His late father Maa. Aranganathan was a Tamil writer of repute, who ran a literary magazine called Mundril. Justice Mahadevan runs the Mundril Literary Society and has instituted the Maa. Aranganathan Literary Awards that are awarded annually to Tamil writers. The awards carry a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh and a citation. The SC Collegium consists of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and Hrishikesh Roy.
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