Collegium proposes five advocates as judges, reiterates the names of five others

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its earlier recommendation for the elevation of three advocates Viju Abraham, Mohammed Nias C P and K K Paul as judges at Kerala High Court and Nagendra Ramachandra Naik at Karnataka High Court and Satyen Vaidya at Himachal Pradesh High Court.

It recommended for the elevation of three advocates for the appointment of judges at Madhya Pradesh High Court and one each at Punjab and Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir High Courts.

The CJI-headed body also approved for the elevation of A Badharudeen, a judicial officer as judge of the Kerala High Court.

Three advocates whose names have been recommended for appointment as judges at Madhya Pradesh High Court are Vivek Sharan, Nidhi Patankar, and Pranay Verma. Vikas Bahl and Rahul Bharti have been recommended for appointment as judges at Punjab and Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir High Courts respectively.

In other recommendations, the Collegium approved the proposal for the appointment of 10 additional judges as permanent at the Allahabad High Court.

Their names are Justice Ali Zamin, Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari, Justice Deepak Verma, Justice Gautam Chowdhary, Justice Shamim Ahmed, Justice Dinesh Pathak, Justice Manish Kumar, and Justice Samit Gopal.