Four High Courts Get 14 New Judges and Additional Judges

The Union Government has notified the appointment of fourteen judicial officers as judges or additional judges across the Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts.

What has been notified

For the Delhi High Court, Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena were appointed as judges. Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt and Arun Bhardwaj were appointed as additional judges.

Appointments in detail

Yashpal Bourney was appointed a judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Manoj Prasad, Akhil Kumar and Ram Sharma were appointed judges of the Jharkhand High Court.

Usha Rani, K.S. Bharath Kumar and Nerale V. Bhavnani were appointed additional judges of the Karnataka High Court.

Immediate institutional effect

The notifications follow recommendations considered by the Supreme Court Collegium and the constitutional appointment process. The appointments will increase the working strength of the four High Courts once the newly appointed judges take office.