Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Judges for 4 High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising of Dr Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B.R. Gavai on 12-03-2024 resolved to recommend appointment of several Additional Judges as Permanent Judges and appointment of Judicial Officers and Advocates as Judges for the High Courts of Allahabad, Bombay, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and Kerala.

Additional Judges recommended to be appointed as Permanent Judges

Allahabad High Court

Collegium resolved to recommend the following names to be appointed as Permanent Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad against the existing vacancies-

1. Justice Saurabh Srivastava,

2. Justice Om Prakash Shukla

3. Justice Mohd. Azhar Husain Idrisi,

4. Justice Jyotsna Sharma

5. Justice Surendra Singh-I

Bombay High Court

Collegium resolved to recommend the following names to be appointed as Permanent Judges of the Bombay High Court against the existing vacancies-

1. Justice Urmila Sachin Joshi-Phalke,

2. Justice Bharat Pandurang Deshpande,

3. Justice Kishore Chandrakant Sant,

4. Justice Valmiki S A Menezes,

5. Justice Kamal Rashmi Khata,

6. Justice Sharmila Uttamrao Deshmukh,

7. Justice Arun Ramnath Pedneker,

8. Justice Sandeep Vishnupant Marne,

9. Justice Gauri Vinod Godse,

10. Justice Rajesh Shantaram Patil,

11. Justice Arif Saleh Doctor

Judicial Officers and Advocates recommended to be appointed as Judges

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

Collegium resolved to recommend that Mohammad Yousuf Wani, Judicial Officer, to be appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Kerala High Court

Collegium resolves to recommend the following Advocates, to be appointed as Judges of the High Court of Kerala. Their inter se seniority to be fixed as per the existing practice.

1. Abdul Hakhim Mullappally Abdul Aziz,

2. Syam Kumar Vadakke Mudavakkat,

3. Harisankar Vijayan Menon,

4. Manu Sreedharan Nair,

5. Easwaran Subramani,

6. Manoj Pulamby Madhavan,

4 out 23 Recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium on 12-03-2024, are women Judges.