The appointees were judicial officers who were earlier recommended by Supreme Court collegium to be elevated to the different HCs NEW DELHI: The law ministry has notified the appointment of 14 new judges to four high courts, which include Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and J&K and Ladakh. The oath of office to the judges will be administered Monday.The appointees were judicial officers who were earlier recommended by Supreme Court collegium to be elevated to the different HCs. There are still several recommendations of the collegium pending due to procedural issues.Govt Saturday notified the appointment of seven judicial officers to be judges of Delhi HC. Those elevated include Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena, both made permanent judges of HC, and Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Dinesh Bhatt, Arun Bhardwaj and Aditi Choudhary as additional judges, appointed for two years.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesJudicial officer Yash Paul Bourney has been appointed as judge of J&K and Ladakh HC, while Manoj Prasad, Akhil Kumar and Ram Sharma as judges of Jharkhand HC. Usharani, Kuruba Shanthappa Bharath Kumar and Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani have been appointed as additional judges of the Karnataka high court.The 25 high courts across the country together have 304 posts of judges vacant against a sanctioned strength of 1,122 judges, as of Sept 1. Allahabad HC has the highest number of posts vacant at 53, followed by HCs of Calcutta (23), and Punjab and Haryana (21).Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Paise Ki Garmi’: Akhilesh Yadav Expels SP Leaders From Meet After They Clash In His PresenceDelhi SIR: EAM Jaishankar, LK Advani, Kejriwal, Top Poll Official Sandhu, SEBI Chief Get NoticesHigh Alert In 5 Jammu Districts As Security Forces Search For Injured Jaish Terrorist‘India Growing Under PM Modi’: Muslim Clerics Condemn Hamid Ansari’s ‘Hindu Extremism’ RemarksB35 Bullet Train: India To Make Own 350 Kmph High-Speed Trains By 2030, Match Japan’s E10On CCTV: BMW Loses Control On Mumbai Coastal Road, Falls From Bridge; 3 Dead, 1 injured‘Party Of Jokers’: BJP Slams Congress Over PM Modi’s Mimicry At Rahul Gandhi’s Indore EventDoval Recalls Chinese Capture Of Intelligence Team During Border MissionFrom NSUI Ticket Snub To DUSU Victory: Deepanshu Shokeen Wins VP Post, Defeats ABVP RivalSaayoni Ghosh Bats For TMC Congress Alliance, Calls For ‘True Partnership’ Ahead Of Nandigram Bypoll123Photostories10 baby names that symbolise peace, calm and serenity5 lessons on dealing with anger without suppressing what you feelShiva Balaji – Navdeep to Sanjana – Immanuel: Cherished friendships in Bigg Boss TeluguOptical illusion personality test: What you see first claims to reveal whether you want a loyal or an adventurous partnerFrom Vietnam to Bali: 5 countries to visit this October from DelhiSabumon to Ranjini Haridas: Check out the ‘then and now’ looks of Bigg Boss Malayalam 1 contestantsFrom his Bollywood debut in Maine Pyaar Kiya to almost missing out on Jethalal, almost getting selected for ‘Champaklal’s role’: Lesser-known facts about Taarak Mehta’s Dilip Joshi5 little things that tell your partner “I still choose you”Why may vitamin C serum not be enough for your skin? Know what your skincare routine is missingSobhita Dhulipala turns heads in a red khadi saree that puts Tamil tradition on the fashion map123Hot PicksLPG Aadhar RuleAjit DovalGTA 6Navya ShekhawatCBSE Date SheetShapoor MistryDelhi rapeNSE IPOSwatantra BhardwajTop TrendingJ&K Congress ProtestVaishno Devi HelipadIndian Bullet TrainSuchika TariyalPat CumminsHeiress Gracie HuntNolan WellsHouthis Missile AttackIIT Bombay Student DeathPayal Mehta Death
NEW DELHI: The law ministry has notified the appointment of 14 new judges to four high courts, which include Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and J&K and Ladakh. The oath of office to the judges will be administered Monday.The appointees were judicial officers who were earlier recommended by Supreme Court collegium to be elevated to the different HCs. There are still several recommendations of the collegium pending due to procedural issues.Govt Saturday notified the appointment of seven judicial officers to be judges of Delhi HC. Those elevated include Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena, both made permanent judges of HC, and Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Dinesh Bhatt, Arun Bhardwaj and Aditi Choudhary as additional judges, appointed for two years.
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Judicial officer Yash Paul Bourney has been appointed as judge of J&K and Ladakh HC, while Manoj Prasad, Akhil Kumar and Ram Sharma as judges of Jharkhand HC. Usharani, Kuruba Shanthappa Bharath Kumar and Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani have been appointed as additional judges of the Karnataka high court.The 25 high courts across the country together have 304 posts of judges vacant against a sanctioned strength of 1,122 judges, as of Sept 1. Allahabad HC has the highest number of posts vacant at 53, followed by HCs of Calcutta (23), and Punjab and Haryana (21).
