The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that 10 additional judges of the Karnataka High Court be made permanent.
In two separate Collegium Resolutions dated September 7, 2021, the following judges are recommended to be made permanent:
1. Justice Maralur Indrakumar Arun
2. Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Indiresh
3. Justice Ravi Venkappa Hosmani
4. Justice Savanur Vishwajith Shetty
5. Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar
6. Justice M Ganeshaiah Uma
7. Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda
8. Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar
9. Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai
10. Justice P Krishna Bhat
The first three judges were appointed as additional judges on January 7, 2020, while Justice SV Shetty assumed office from April 28, 2020.
Justices S Amarannavar, MG Uma, V Srishananda, H Sanjeevkumar and PN Desai were appointed as additional judges on May 5, 2020. Justice P Krishna Bhat assumed office on May 21, 2020.
The Central government recently cleared six additional judges of the High Court - Justices NS Sanjay Gowda, Jyoti Mulimani, R Nataraj, Hemant Chandangoudar, Pradeep Singh Yerur and Maheshan Nagaprasanna - as permanent judges.
Should the latest recommendation go through, the Karnataka High Court will have 42 permanent judges and 3 additional judges, with 17 vacancies as against a sanctioned strength of 62 judges.
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