The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its recommendation to appoint five lawyers as judges of the Allahabad High Court..The decision was taken at a meeting of the Collegium held on July 14. The five lawyers whose names have been reiterated are:.- Shishir Jain; - Manu Khare; - Rishad Murtaza; - Dhruv Mathur; and- Vimlendu Tripathi..The names of Jain, Murtaza, Mathur and Tripathi were first recommended by the Collegium in August 2021 before they were returned by the Central government. The candidature of Khare was recommended in October 2021. .The Allahabad High Court which has a sanctioned strength of 160 judges is currently functioning with 93 judges, a vacancy position of 67..[Read Collegium Statement]
