The Law Ministry through its notification has elevated five judicial officers as additional judges of the Karnataka High Court. This comes after a 5-judge Supreme Court collegiums had recommended their appointment.
The Judicial Officers including Shivashankar Amarannavar, Smt M Ganeshaiah Uma, Vedavyasachar Srishananda, Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, and Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai were on Thursday appointed as additional judges for a period of two years.
The total number of judges in the Karnataka High Court after this appointment will be 46.
A Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde had recently made recommendations for elevation of these judicial officers as Judges of Karnataka High Court. The 5-judge Collegium also comprised of Justice NV Ramana, Justice Arun Mishra, Justice RF Nariman and Justice R Banumathi.
The Collegium had also approved the proposal for appointment of three Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court as Permanent Judges of the high court and elevation of the three advocates as Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. Besides, it approved the proposal for elevation of an advocate as a Judge of the Telangana High Court.
-India Legal Bureau