Fourteen new judges were sworn in as additional judges of Bombay High Court on Tuesday.

Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar administered the oath to the following judges:

1. Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre;

2. Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan;

3. Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale;

4. Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande;

5. Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar;

6. Ashish Sahadev Chavan;

7. Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav;

8. Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil;

9. Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde;

10. Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat;

11. Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar;

12. Farhan Parvez Dubash;

13. Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas;

14. Raj Damodar Wakode.

The Supreme Court collegium recommended their appointment on August 19. The Central government cleared the same on August 27.

The judges will serve for a period of two years from today following which they may or may not be made permanent judges of the High Court.

Until yesterday, the High Court had a functioning strength of 68 judges against a sanctioned strength of 94.

With the new appointments, the strength has come up to 82.