New Delhi, Aug 4 (NationPress) In a significant move, President Droupadi Murmu has appointed five new judges to the Allahabad High Court as of Monday. The individuals selected include Pramod Kumar Srivastava, Abdul Shahid, Santosh Rai, Tej Pratap Tiwari, and Zafeer Ahmad. Their appointments will take effect from the date they officially take charge of their respective positions, as stated in an official announcement.

Just last month, the central government approved the appointment of 19 judges and additional judges across three high courts, following the recommendations from the Supreme Court Collegium.

Union Minister of State for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, took to X to share that President Murmu was delighted to appoint advocates Gouse Meera Mohiuddin, Chalapathi Rao Suddala, Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy, and Gadi Praveen Kumar as Additional Judges of the Telangana High Court.

In the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the President has elevated five advocates: Pushpendra Yadav, Anand Singh Bahrawat, Ajay Kumar Nirankari, Jai Kumar Pillai, and Himanshu Joshi, along with judicial officers Ramkumar Choubey and Rajesh Kumar Gupta, to the Bench.

Additionally, judicial officers Alok Awasthi, Ratnesh Chandra Singh Bisen, Bhagwati Prasad Sharma, and Pradeep Mittal were named as Additional Judges of the MP High Court.

President Murmu has also appointed four additional judges to the Gauhati High Court, following the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation to elevate advocates Anjan Moni Kalita and Rajesh Mazumdar, along with judicial officers Pranjal Das and Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, to the Bench.

On July 28, the Supreme Court Collegium also approved the appointment of judicial officer Vimal Kumar Yadav as a judge in the Delhi High Court.

Moreover, the collegium has recommended the names of three advocates, Ajit Bhagwanrao Kadethankar, Aarti Arun Sathe, and Sushil Manohar Ghodeswar, for judgeships at the Bombay High Court.

The collegium has further sanctioned the appointment of Additional Judges - Justice Harinath Nunepally, Justice Kiranmayee Mandava (also known as Kiranmayee Kanaparthy), Justice Sumathi Jagadam, and Justice Nyapathy Vijay - as permanent judges in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, according to a statement posted on the apex court's website.

The Supreme Court Collegium has also recommended that Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal be made a permanent judge in the Chhattisgarh High Court.

Furthermore, the collegium has backed the proposal to appoint Additional Judge Justice Gurusiddaiah Basavaraja as a permanent judge in the Karnataka High Court.