The GPSC confirmed ASUA Supreme Court nominee Dev Sethi last night after concerns that his appointment process was being rushed.

Sethi, a second-year University of Arizona law student, was the runner-up after completing the application and interview process for the position last fall. When Supreme Court Justice Marc Goldsen left law school in the middle of the semester for personal reasons, Associated Students President Ben Driggs said Sethi should be the person to fill his seat.

The Graduate and Professional Student Council confirmed Driggs' decision, by a vote of 8-4 with three abstentions, at its biweekly meeting yesterday.

Sethi had already been confirmed by the Undergraduate Senate and the Central Coordinating Council, but there was controversy within the GPSC because of the appointment process, said Mitzi Forbes, a nursing graduate on the council.

Forbes said cases are only solved by the student court when there is something in the constitution to base its decision on. Otherwise, the case is thrown out. Because there is no bylaw that states how a vacancy on the court is filled, the GPSC should throw out the appointment for the same reason, Forbes said.

Driggs said one of the biggest reasons why he didn't understand this controversy was because the other person involved in the original interviewing process, GPSC member Melissa Goldsmith, approved Sethi as the best person to fill the position.

Earlier this week, Driggs told the Arizona Daily Wildcat that "To open up the application at this date is not required by the constitution. We followed the proper divisions."

Anita Bhappu, GPSC vice president, said there should be some kind of bylaw in the constitution so this controversy does not arise again.

Sethi's confirmation means he will sit on the court until he graduates from law school.