Centre clears appointment of 3 judicial officers as additional judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Central government on Friday cleared the appointment of three judicial officers as additional judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The three judicial officers are:

• Sunitha Gandham;

• Alapati Giridhar;

• Purushottam Kumar Chintelapudi.

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge) took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the appointments.

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their names following a meeting held on May 4.

As on July 1, the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 37 judges, is functioning with 29 judges, a vacancy position of 8.