The Central government on April 16 cleared the names of six judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court. .The appointment was confirmed by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal via a post on his official page on X.The judicial officers appointed as High Court judges are:Jitendra Kumar Sinha Anil Kumar-X Sandeep Jain Avnish Saxena Madan Pal Singh Harvir Singh.Earlier this month, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended eight names, but the Central government today approved only six..On a related note, a plea is pending before the High Court seeking directions for urgent and time-bound filling of judicial vacancies at the High Court on concerns that more than 50 per cent of the judges' posts are vacant.As on April 1, the Allahabad High Court is working with 79 judges, as against a sanctioned strength of 160 judges.Recently, the Central government had cleared the appointment of three judges to the Allahabad High Court by approving the Collegium proposal to transfer three High Court judges - Justices Yashwant Varma, Chandra Dhari Singh and Arindam Sinha.
The Central government on April 16 cleared the names of six judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court. .The appointment was confirmed by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal via a post on his official page on X.The judicial officers appointed as High Court judges are:Jitendra Kumar Sinha Anil Kumar-X Sandeep Jain Avnish Saxena Madan Pal Singh Harvir Singh.Earlier this month, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended eight names, but the Central government today approved only six..On a related note, a plea is pending before the High Court seeking directions for urgent and time-bound filling of judicial vacancies at the High Court on concerns that more than 50 per cent of the judges' posts are vacant.As on April 1, the Allahabad High Court is working with 79 judges, as against a sanctioned strength of 160 judges.Recently, the Central government had cleared the appointment of three judges to the Allahabad High Court by approving the Collegium proposal to transfer three High Court judges - Justices Yashwant Varma, Chandra Dhari Singh and Arindam Sinha.
