Monday, 12th September, 2022
The Supreme Court Collegium has cleared the names of 20 judges
for the High Courts of Bombay, Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana. Those recommended
for elevation include 15 judicial officers, three Additional Judges and two
advocates.
An official
statement said the SC Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India U U Lalit at a
meeting on September 7 approved the proposal for appointment of Additional
Judges Justices Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal, Rajendra Badamikar, and Khazi
Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin as Permanent Judges in the Karnataka High Court.
The Collegium also
approved proposal for elevation of six judicial officers — Sanjay Anandrao
Deshmukh, Yanshivraj Gopichand Khobragade, Mahendra Wadhumal Chandwani, Abhay
Sopanrao Waghwase, Ravindra Madhusudan Joshi, and Shubhangi Vijay Joshi – as
judges in Bombay HC.
The Collegium again
met on Monday and cleared proposal for elevation of Advocates Santosh Govindrao
Chapalgaonkar, and Milind Manohar Sathaye, as judges in the Bombay HC. Monday’s
meeting also approved the proposal for elevation of nine judicial officers as
judges in the Punjab & Haryana High Court. Those recommended are Gurbir
Singh, Deepak Gupta, Amarjot Bhatti, Ritu Tagore, Manisha Batra, Harpreet Kaur
Jeewan, Sukhvinder Kaur, Sanjiv Berry, and Vikram Aggarwal.