India, Aug. 31 -- Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra's appointment as the full-time chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court appears to have run into a fresh hurdle, with the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government yet to convey its views on the Supreme Court collegium's recommendation to the Centre more than a fortnight after it was forwarded to the state.

People aware of the matter said that the Union law ministry had sent the collegium's recommendation to the Punjab government for its comments, but the state was yet to respond.

One of the persons cited above told HT that the Bhagwant Mann-government was understood to be "still gathering relevant inputs" on Justice Mishra and would share its views with the Centre after the exercise ...