The Advocates Association, Bengaluru (AAB) today held a welcome ceremony for the five newly appointed Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court..Justices Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda, Jyoti Mulimani, Nataraj Rangaswamy, Hemant Chandangoudar and Pradeep Singh Yerur were recently elevated to the Bench..The chief guests for the event were Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and AAB President AP Ranganatha..Addressing the newly appointed judges on their new responsibilities, Chief Justice Oka said,.“It is true that your freedom will be curtailed to a great extent when you become a judge but the satisfaction that you get as a judge is unparalleled. You will not get the same satisfaction when you are a lawyer. The satisfaction of helping the common man to attain justice is beyond compare.”.He also observed,.“Even if people criticize you, if you do well as per the oath that you have taken, then the ones who criticized you will compliment you later.“.Speaking about the Karnataka Bar, Justice Oka said,.“The Karnataka Bar is very co-operative. In fact this tradition where your own colleagues and seniors felicitate you after you have been elevated to a judge is wonderful.” .The Chief Justice also pointed out that if things go according to plan, at the end of five months, the Karnataka High Court will have 45 judges in total..While addressing the crowd, the only woman judge from among the new appointees, Justice Jyoti Mulimani, said,.“Teamwork between the judges and the lawyers is required to build the legal system.“.Justice Rangaswamy stated that though being in the position of a judge is a “tough task”, he would do his best to render justice to everyone..The event concluded with a vote of thanks by AAB Treasurer Shivamurthy. Various judges, senior counsels and members of the legal fraternity attended the event..With the appointment of the five judges, the Karnataka High Court will have a working strength of 39 judges (19 permanent and 20 additional judges), as against a sanctioned strength of 62 judges.
