The Central government has approved appointments of an advocate and a judicial officer as judges of the Rajasthan High Court..A notification to that effect was issued by the Department of Justice today after the appointments were cleared by President Ram Nath Kovind in consultation with Chief Justice of India NV Ramana..The appointments cleared by the Centre are as follows:Judicial officer Shubha Mehta;Advocate Kuldeep Mathur..Judicial officer Mehta was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium on October 8 last year. Mathur meanwhile was recommended by the collegium on October 6 along with 3 other advocates..As on June 1, the Rajasthan High Court is functioning with 25 judges with a sanctioned strength of 50 judges with exactly 50% vacancy..[Read DoJ update]
The Central government has approved appointments of an advocate and a judicial officer as judges of the Rajasthan High Court..A notification to that effect was issued by the Department of Justice today after the appointments were cleared by President Ram Nath Kovind in consultation with Chief Justice of India NV Ramana..The appointments cleared by the Centre are as follows:Judicial officer Shubha Mehta;Advocate Kuldeep Mathur..Judicial officer Mehta was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium on October 8 last year. Mathur meanwhile was recommended by the collegium on October 6 along with 3 other advocates..As on June 1, the Rajasthan High Court is functioning with 25 judges with a sanctioned strength of 50 judges with exactly 50% vacancy..[Read DoJ update]