Additional Judges of Bombay, Madras, Patna High Courts made Permanent [Read Notifications]

Fourteen additional judges of the Bombay High Court, six additional judges of the Madras High Court and six additional judges of the Patna High Court have been made permanent.

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended that these judges be made permanent judges of their respective High Courts by resolutions passed on March 11. By three notifications issued yesterday, the Central Government has concurred with their recommendation and intimated that the following judges have been made permanent.

Bombay High Court

1. Sandeep Kashinath Shinde
2. Rohit Baban Deo
3. Bharati Harish Dangre
4. Sarang Vijaykumar Kotwal 
5. Riyaz Iqbal Chagla
6. Manish Pitale 
7. Sunil Kesharao Kotwal
8. Arun Digambarrao Upadhye 
9. Mangesh Shivajirao Patil
10. Arun Madhav Dhavale
11. Prithviraj Keshavrao Chavan
12. Murlidhar Ganpatrao Giratkar
13. Viba Vasant Kankanwadi
14. Sopan Mahadu Gavhane

All fourteen judges were appointed as additional judges of the Bombay High Court in June 2017. Their term was set to expire in June this year. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended that these judges be made permanent pursuant to a High Court Collegium recommendation made in December 2018.

Madras High Court

1. V Bhavani Subbaroyan
2. AD Jagadish Chandira
3. GR Swaminathan
4. Abdul Quddhose
5. M Dhandapani
6. PD Audikesavalu

All six judges were elevated from the Bar as additional judges of the High Court in June 2017. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended that these judges be made permanent pursuant to a High Court Collegium recommendation made in December 2018.

Patna High Court

1. Anil Kumar Upadhyay
2. Rajeev Ranjan Prasad
3. Sanjay Kumar
4. Madhuresh Prasad
5. Mohit Kumar Shah
6. Prakash Chandra Jaiswal

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended that these judges be made permanent pursuant to a High Court Collegium recommendation made in July 2018.

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