Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 26 Names For Appointment As Judges Of Allahabad High Court

In a major development, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of 26 judges to the Allahabad High Court.

Of the 26 names, 14 are Judicial Officers and 12 are Advocates, including 4 women.

Among the advocates recommended for elevation are Senior Advocates Garima Prashad, Swarupama Chaturvedi and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary.

As per the collegium statement, following Advocates have been recommended as Judges of the Allahabad HC:

(i) Shri Vivek Saran,

(ii) Shri Adnan Ahmad,

(iii) Shri Vivek Kumar Singh,

(iv) Smt. Garima Prashad,

(v) Shri Sudhanshu Chauhan,

(vi) Shri Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary,

(vii) Smt. Swarupama Chaturvedi,

(viii) Shri Jai Krishna Upadhyay,

(ix) Shri Siddharth Nandan,

(x) Shri Kunal Ravi Singh,

(xi) Shri Indrajeet Shukla, and

(xii) Shri Satya Veer Singh.

Following Judicial Officers have also been recommended as Judges of the Allahabad HC:

(i) Dr. Ajay Kumar- II,

(ii) Shri Chawan Prakash,

(iii) Shri Divesh Chandra Samant,

(iv) Shri Prashant Mishra-1,

(v) Shri Tarun Saxena,

(vi) Shri Rajeev Bharti,

(vii) Shri Padam Narain Mishra,

(viii) Shri Lakshmi Kant Shukla,

(ix) Shri Jai Prakash Tiwari,

(x) Shri Devendra Singh-1,

(xi) Shri Sanjiv Kumar,

(xii) Smt. Vani Ranjan Agrawal,

(xiii) Shri Achal Sachdev, and

(xiv) Smt. Babita Rani.