Centre clears appointment of 14 advocates as Bombay High Court judges

The Central goverment on August 27 cleared the appointment of 14 advocates as Bombay High Court judges.

The following eight lawyers' appointments have been notified:

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 same was confirmed by Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal via a post on his official handle on X.

Advocate Venegavkar is the currently serving as the Chief Public Prosecutor for Maharashtra while Advocate Dubash holds the position of secretary at the Bombay Bar Association.

The appointment of the 14 advocates was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium on August 19.

The Bombay High Court currently has 66 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 94.