The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of six lawyers as Karnataka High Court judges.

The decision was taken in a Collegium meeting held on Tuesday, June 2.

The advocates who have been proposed for appointment as judges are:

(i) Raghavendra Seetharam Srivatsa,

(ii) Hema Kulkarni,

(iii) Subramanya Rangarao,

(iv) Thadagavadi Prakash Vivekananda,

(v) Bakkeswara Pramod, and

(vi) Hombe Gowda Shanthi Bhushan.

Recently, the Central government had cleared the appointment of three judicial officers as additional judges of the Karnataka High Court. With their appointment, the working strength of the Court had risen to 48 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 62 judges.

If the latest proposals are cleared, the working strength will rise to 54 judges.

[Read Collegium Statement]