Centre notifies elevation of advocates as Additional Judges of High Courts of Allahabad, Madras

New Delhi [India], February 23: The Central Government on Thursday notified the elevation of four advocates as Additional Judges of Allahabad High Coury and Madras High Court.

Recently the Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 17th January 2023 had approved the proposal for the elevation of the nine Advocates as Judges in the Allahabad High Court.

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on January 17, 2023, had approved the proposal for the elevation of the Advocate Venkatachari Lakshminarayanan as the Judges for Madras High Court.

He also informed the Parliament that while filling up vacancies in the High Courts is a continuous, integrated and collaborative process requiring consultation and approval from various constitutional authorities, vacancies keep arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges.

The sanctioned strength of Judges of the High Court has increased from 906 in (2014) to 1108 in (2022). (ANI)