The appointment of the eleven additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High court as the permanent judges was cleared by the Central government on Wednesday.
Union Minister of State with independent charge of the Law and Justice Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal,shared this development through his twitter account.
The following are the additional judges who have been made permanent:
1. Justice Nidhi Gupta
2. Justice Sanjay Vashisth
3. Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya
4. Justice Namit Kumar
5. Justice Harkesh Manuja
6. Justice Aman Chaudhary
7. Justice Naresh Singh @ Naresh Singh Shekhawat
8. Justice Harsh Bunger
9. Justice Jagmohan Bansal
10. Justice Deepak Manchanda
11. Justice Alok Jain @ Alok Kumar Jain
The recommendations of the above 11 judges was made by the Supreme Court Collegium on September 14.
All eleven judges were appointed as additional judges on August 16 last year.
As on September 1, the Punjab and Haryana High Court is functioning at a strength of 58 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 85 judges.