Centre Notifies Appointment Of 14 Advocates As Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court
The Central Government has notified the appointment of 14 advocates as additional judges of the Bombay High Court, following a resolution passed by the Supreme Court Collegium last week.They are :Siddheshwar Sundarrao ThombreMehroz Ashraf Khan PathanRanjitsinha Raja BhonsaleNandesh Shankarrao DeshpandeAmit Satyavan JamsandekarAshish Sahadev ChavanSmt. Vaishali Nimbajirao...
The Central Government has notified the appointment of 14 advocates as additional judges of the Bombay High Court, following a resolution passed by the Supreme Court Collegium last week.
They are :
- Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre
- Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan
- Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale
- Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande
- Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar
- Ashish Sahadev Chavan
- Smt. Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav
- Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil
- Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde
- Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat
- Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar
- Farhan Parvez Dubash
- Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas
- Raj Damodar Wakode
Among these advocates, Patil and Shirsat are the special prosecutors for the Central Government and represented the prime agencies like CBI, NIA and ED while Venegavkar is the Chief Public Prosecutor of Maharashtra.
Advocate Dubash is presently the secretary of the Bombay Bar Association.
Raj Damodar Wakode is the nephew of CJI BR Gavai.
With these appointments, the strength of the HC rise to 83 as against the sanctioned strength of 94.