Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Punjab & Haryana High Court additional judges to be made permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that eleven additional judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court be appointed as permanent judges.

The following judges have been recommended for permanent appointment:

1. Justice Nidhi Gupta

2. Justice Sanjay Vashisth

3. Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya

4. Justice Namit Kumar

5. Justice Harkesh Manuja

6. Justice Aman Chaudhary

7. Justice Naresh Singh @ Naresh Singh Shekhawat

8. Justice Harsh Bunger

9. Justice Jagmohan Bansal

10. Justice Deepak Manchanda

11. Justice Alok Jain @ Alok Kumar Jain

All eleven judges were appointed as additional judges on August 16 last year.

On May 20 this year, the Collegium of the Punjab & Haryana High Court had unanimously recommended their appointment as permanent judges. Chief Ministers and Governors of the States of Punjab and Haryana concurred with the recommendation.

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