Twenty-four new judges, including nine advocates and fifteen judicial officers, took the oath of office at the Allahabad High Court on Saturday. Chief Justice Arun Bhansali administered the oath at a ceremony held in the Hall on the 12th floor of the High Court Advocates’ Chambers & Multilevel Parking Building, High Court Allahabad.
With the swearing-in of these judges, the working strength of the High Court has increased from 86 to 110. The court, which is the largest in the country, has a total sanctioned strength of 160 judges and will now have 50 vacancies.
The Advocates who were sworn in as judges are:
- Vivek Saran
- Vivek Kumar Singh
- Smt. Garima Prashad
- Sudhanshu Chauhan
- Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary
- Smt. Swarupama Chaturvedi
- Siddharth Nandan
- Kunal Ravi Singh
- Indrajeet Shukla
- Satya Veer Singh
The Judicial officers who took the oath are:
- Dr. Ajay Kumar-II
- Chawan Prakash
- Divesh Chandra Samant
- Prashant Mishra-I
- Tarun Saxena
- Rajeev Bharti
- Padam Narain Mishra
- Lakshmi Kant Shukla
- Jai Prakash Tiwari
- Devendra Singh-I
- Sanjiv Kumar
- Smt. Vani Ranjan Agrawal
- Achal Sachdev
- Smt. Babita Rani
The central government had notified their appointments on Friday, following a recommendation from the Supreme Court Collegium. The new appointments are expected to help reduce the massive pendency of cases in the country’s largest high court.
