The central government on Friday cleared the appointment of 24 new judges to the Allahabad High Court, comprising nine advocates and fifteen judicial officers who have been elevated to the bench. With these appointments, the working strength of the court will increase from 86 to 110.
The Allahabad High Court, the largest high court in the country, has a sanctioned strength of 160 judges. Despite this significant number of new appointments, the court will still have 50 vacancies.
The advocates appointed 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 promoted to the High Court bench 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 notification follows the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium. These appointments are expected to help manage the extensive backlog of cases pending before the High Court.
