The Central government on February 12 cleared the appointment of two lawyers as additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court..Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal shared the development on Twitter.The lawyers who have been appointed are:- Harmeet Singh Grewal;- Deepinder Singh Nalwa..The Supreme Court Collegium had first recommended their appointment in October 2023 along with three other lawyers. However, Grewal and Nalwa's names were not cleared by the Centre.The Court then reiterated its recommendation in January 2024 which has now been cleared..The Punjab and Haryana High Court is currently functioning with 51 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 85, a vacancy position of 34..[Read Notification]
