The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that six additional judges of the Bombay High Court be made permanent.

The additional judges recommended for permanent appointment are:

(i) Justice Nivedita Prakash Mehta;

(ii) Justice Prafulla Surendrakumar Khubalkar;

(iii) Justice Ashwin Damodar Bhobe;

(iv) Justice Rohit Wasudeo Joshi;

(v) Justice Advait Mahendra Sethna; and

(vi) Justice Pravin Sheshrao Patil.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Collegium held on Monday.

Bombay High Court at persent has 78 judges against an approved strength of 94 judges.

[Read Collegium Statement]