The Supreme Court has conferred Senior designation on five retired High Court judges.

The decision was taken by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai after consultation with other judges in a full court meeting.

Those conferred the designation are:

1. Justice Gilani Madadali Nurmohammad, Former Judge, High Court of Bombay

2. Justice M Govindaraj, Former Judge, Madras High Court

3. Justice Pankaj Bhandari, Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court

4. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, Former Judge, High Court of Punjab and Haryana

5. Justice Tashi Rabstan, Former Chief Justice, High Court of J&K and Ladakh

According to the notification dated October 31, the designations came into effect from October 29.

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