
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of 5 judicial officers and 5 lawyers for elevation as judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
After meetings held on July 1 and 2, the Collegium recommended the following lawyers for judgeship:
i) Pushpendra Yadav
(ii) Anand Singh Bahrawat
(iii) Ajay Kumar Nirankari
(iv) Jai Kumar Pillai
(v) Himanshu Joshi
The following 5 judicial officers have been recommended for elevation:
(i) Rajesh Kumar Gupta
(ii) Alok Awasthi
(iii) Ratnesh Chandra Singh Bisen
(iv) Bhagwati Prasad Sharma
(v) Pradeep Mittal
The Madhya Pradesh High Court is currently functioning with a strength of 33 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 53.
Notably, Bar & Bench reported today that the Collegium has tightened the process for selection of judges and intensified scrutiny of candidates.
It was also revealed that the Collegium interacted with a total of 54 candidates in 2 days to fill High Court judge vacancies.
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