Advocate Sandeep Moudgil recommended for appointment as judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 30

The Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice NV Ramana has cleared 16 names for appointment as judges in four high courts.

This includes the name of advocate Sandeep Moudgil who has been recommended for appointment as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The other high courts where names have been recommended for appointment as judges are Odisha High Court, Bombay High Court and Gujarat High Court.

The decision was taken at a Collegium meeting held on September 29, it was officially announced on Thursday.

In its meeting held on Wednesday, the collegium approved the proposal for elevation of 16 names -- six judicial officers and 10 advocates – as judges of the four high courts.

As per the statements uploaded on the apex court website on Thursday, the collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of four judicial officers -- AL Pansare, SC More, US Joshi-Phalke and BP Deshpande -- as judges of the Bombay High Court.

Similarly, the collegium has recommended names of advocates Aditya Kumar Mohapatra and Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo and judicial officers Radha Krishna Pattanaik and Sashikanta Mishra for their elevation as judges of the Orissa High Court.

For the Gujarat High Court, the collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of seven advocates -- Mauna Manish Bhatt, Samir J Dave, Hemant M Prachchhak, Sandeep N Bhatt, Aniruddha Pradyumna Mayee, Niral Rashmikant Mehta and Nisha Mahendrabhai Thakore -- as judges there.

Besides the CJI, the three-member collegium which deals with the appointment in high courts includes Justices UU Lalit and AM Khanwilkar.

The collegium has been taking steps by recommending names to fill up a large number of vacancies in higher judiciary in the country.

After assuming charge as the CJI in April this year, Justice Ramana has recommended nearly 100 names for appointment to different high courts, besides filling up nine vacancies of judges in the Supreme Court in one go. With PTI