India, June 14 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court collegium has taken the unusual step of withdrawing the name of a lawyer recommended for judgeship after the proposal had already been formally sent to the Supreme Court collegium, the Union government and the Delhi government, in what is being seen as a rare mid-course correction in the judicial appointments process.

The move marks an unprecedented churn in the Delhi High Court's ongoing exercise to elevate lawyers from the bar, the first such recommendations initiated under chief justice DK Upadhyaya and the first substantial set of names forwarded by the court in over a year.

People aware of the development said that the three-member collegium, comprising chief justice Upadhyaya and j...