India, Aug. 26 -- The Supreme Court collegium on Monday recommended the elevation of Bombay high court chief justice Alok Aradhe and Patna high court chief justice Vipul M Pancholi to the apex court.

The five-member collegium took the decisions with a 4-1 split on Justice Pancholi's elevation. While Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath and JK Maheshwari recommended Pancholi, Justice BV Nagarathna, the lone woman judge on the panel, recorded a rare note of dissent from the majority.

While differing from the others' recommendation, Nagarathna stated that Justice Pancholi's appointment would be "counter-productive" to justice, and would put the credibility of the SC collegium at stake, as reported by ...