SC Collegium Clears Names Of Four Judges For AP High Court

26 Jul, 2019 17:17 IST|Sakshi
AP High Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to the Centre names of 20 advocates for their appointment as judges of the high courts of Calcutta, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

According to the resolutions uploaded on the apex court website, the Collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered 35 names for their appointment as judges of these high courts.

Out of these 35 names, the Collegium, also comprising justices S A Bobde and N V Ramana, recommended 20 names for appointment as judges of these high courts.

It remitted 12 names back to the respective high courts and deferred the consideration on three other names."On the basis of interaction, the material on record and having regard to all relevant factors, the Collegium is of the considered view that:

Andhra Pradesh High Court

It recommended the names of R Raghunandan Rao, Battu Devanand, D Ramesh and N Jayasurya for being appointed as judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

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Telangana High Court

For Telangana High Court, it recommended names of T Vinod Kumar, A Abhishek Reddy and K Lakshman, the resolution said.

Calcutta High Court

For Calcutta High Court, it recommended names of Jaytosh Majumdar, Amitesh Banerjee, Raja Basu Chowdhury, Lapita Banerji and Sakya Sen are suitable for being appointed as Judges of the Calcutta High Court," the resolution said. Besides this, the Collegium recommended the name of Kausik Chanda for appointment as judge of the Calcutta High Court.

Rajasthan High Court

It recommend names of Mahendra Goyal and Farzand Ali for appointment as judges of the Rajasthan High Court.

Punjab and Haryana High Court

For Punjab and Haryana High court, the Collegium recommend names of Jasgurpreet Singh Puri, Suvir Sehgal, Girish Agnihotri, Alka Sarin and Kamal Sehgal for appointment as judges there.

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