{"id":400793,"date":"2026-11-07T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=400793"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T07:10:08","slug":"ajay-sharma-appointed-additional-judge-bombay-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/11\/07\/ajay-sharma-appointed-additional-judge-bombay-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"President appoints CESTAT Judicial Member Ajay Sharma as Additional Judge of Bombay High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Department of Justice (Appointments Division), Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, notified the appointment of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ajay Sharma as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court<\/span> through a notification dated <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">5 November 2026<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The appointment has been made by the President of India under Article 224(1) of the Constitution of India for a period of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2 years from the date he assumes charge of his office<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Supreme Court Collegium recommendation<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The appointment follows the recommendation of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Supreme Court Collegium dated 26 October 2026<\/span>, which approved the proposals for appointment of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ajay Sharma, Judicial Member of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai<\/span>, along with Advocate Vaibhav Anant Sugdare as Judges of the Bombay High Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/10\/27\/sc-collegium-recommends-9-madhya-pradesh-bombay-high-court-judges-appointment-2026\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">Collegium recommends 9 MP and Bombay High Court Judges Appointments 2026 | SCC Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Ajay Sharma, who enrolled as an advocate in 1994, was appointed Judicial Member of CESTAT by the President of India through an Office Order dated 11 April 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vacancy position in Bombay High Court<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">According to the Department of Justice&#8217;s latest statement on the sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancies of Judges, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">as on 1 November 2026<\/span>, the Bombay High Court had <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">19 vacancies<\/span> against a sanctioned strength of 94 Judges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The High Court had a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">working strength of 75 Judges<\/span>, comprising 55 permanent Judges and 20 Additional Judges. 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text-align: center;\">71<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: middle; width: 39.76mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center;\">23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; 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