he Central Government, through the Ministry of Law and Justice, has officially notified the appointment of three Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bhakru administered the oath to Justices Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar during a ceremony at the court premises, attended by other judges and lawyers. The Centre had notified the appointment of the two judges on January 6, 2024.
The notification stated that, in exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the High Courts of Allahabad and Andhra Pradesh.
Notification issued in this regard stated that, in the exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Bibhu Datta Guru and (ii) Amitendra Kishore Prasad, to be Additional Judges of the High
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President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court and three additional judges of the Delhi High Court as permanent judges of their respective high courts.
Justice Girish Katpalia, Justice Manoj Jain and Justice Dharmesh Sharma of Delhi High Court were elevated to Permanent Judges of Delhi High Court on Friday.
According to the notification, Justices Saurabh Srivastava, Om Prakash Shukla, Mohd. Azhar Husain Idrisi, Jyotsna Sharma, and Surendra Singh-l, the additional judges of Allahabad High Court, are appointed as the permanent judges of the same High Court.
The Centre government, through Ministry of Law and Justice has elevated several judges of Calcutta High Court, Kerala High Court, Jharkhand High Court and Punjab & Haryana High Court from Additional Judges to permanent Judges.
Two new Judges took oath at Delhi High Court on Friday. The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court administered the oath to Shalinder Kaur and Ravinder Dudeja as Additional Judges.