Six new judges were sworn into office as Kerala High Court judges on Friday. .Chief Justice AJ Desai administered the oath of office to the six new judges who were all elevated directly from the bar.The new judges, in order of seniority, are:Mullappally Abdul Aziz Abdul Hakhim;Syam Kumar Vadakke Mudavakkat;Harisankar Vijayan Menon;Manu Sreedharan Nair;Easwaran Subramani; andManoj Pulamby Madhavan..The judges will serve in their posts for a period of two years from today following which they may or may not be made permanent judges of the High Court. .Until yesterday, the High Court had a functioning strength of 35 judges against a sanctioned strength of 47. With the new appointments, the vacancies have dropped to 6 judges. .The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the elevation of all six of the new appointees on March 12.Subsequently, on March 21, the Central government notified their appointment. .Collegium rejects Centre's objection to appointment of "CPI(M) sympathiser" as Kerala High Court judge
Six new judges were sworn into office as Kerala High Court judges on Friday. .Chief Justice AJ Desai administered the oath of office to the six new judges who were all elevated directly from the bar.The new judges, in order of seniority, are:Mullappally Abdul Aziz Abdul Hakhim;Syam Kumar Vadakke Mudavakkat;Harisankar Vijayan Menon;Manu Sreedharan Nair;Easwaran Subramani; andManoj Pulamby Madhavan..The judges will serve in their posts for a period of two years from today following which they may or may not be made permanent judges of the High Court. .Until yesterday, the High Court had a functioning strength of 35 judges against a sanctioned strength of 47. With the new appointments, the vacancies have dropped to 6 judges. .The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the elevation of all six of the new appointees on March 12.Subsequently, on March 21, the Central government notified their appointment. .Collegium rejects Centre's objection to appointment of "CPI(M) sympathiser" as Kerala High Court judge
