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Centre Notifies Major High Court Appointments as Allahabad Bench Adds 24 Judges

The moves follow collegium recommendations to bolster capacity in courts with large vacancies, targeting heavy case backlogs.

Overview

  • Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma took charge as Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on September 27 following the retirement of Chief Justice K.R. Shriram.
  • Ten advocates and 14 judicial officers were sworn in as judges of the Allahabad High Court on September 27, raising its working strength to 110.
  • The Union government notified the Allahabad appointments after clearing 24 names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium.
  • Two collegium-recommended advocates for the Allahabad High Court, Adnan Ahmad and Jai Krishna Upadhyay, were not cleared by the government.
  • Justice Soumen Sen of the Calcutta High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court via a Union Law Ministry notification.