The Supreme Court Collegium has shown that the published opinions of a former senior who is critical about the government will not affect the prospects of a lawyer to become a High Court judge.
The collegium has recommended the name of Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, an advocate, for Bombay High Court judgeship.
Though the Intelligence Bureau found nothing adverse about his image or integrity, it flagged an article written by Mr. Pooniwalla’s former senior at the Bar in 2020 “expressing concerns over the alleged lack of freedom of speech/expression in the country in the last five-six years”.
