The 9 lawyers who took oath as
additional judges of Bombay High Court were recommended by the Collegium on
February 16, 2022 which was notified by the Centre on July 16, 2022.
Nine lawyers took oath as 'additional judges' of the
Bombay High Court on Tuesday taking the working strength of the Court to 62.
The
judges who took oath are:
1.
Kishore Chandrakant Sant;
2.
Valmiki
Menezes SA;
3.
Kamal
Rashmi Khata;
4.
Sharmila
Uttamrao Deshmukh;
5.
Arun
Ramnath Pednekar;
6.
Sandeep
Vishnupant Marne;
7.
Gauri
Vinod Godse;
8.
Rajesh
Shantaram Patil;
9. Arif
Saleh Doctor.
The Supreme Court had recommended their names for elevation to High Court on
February 16, 2022. The Central government then notified their appointment on July 16, 2022.
Before the judges took oath, the High Court was
operating at a strength of 53 judges (44 permanent and 9 additional judges) as
against its sanctioned strength of 94 judges.
The strength now will become of 62 judges.
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