The Centre on Thursday notified the appointment of 9 legal professionals, together with Haryana advocate normal Pravindra Chauhan, as extra judges of the Punjab and Haryana excessive court docket.
The eight others are Monica Chhibber Sharma, Harmeet Singh Deol, Rajesh Gaur, Puja Chopra, Sunish Bindlish, Minderjeet Yadav, Divya Sharma and Ravinder Malik. The Supreme Court docket collegium had cleared their names in Might this yr. They’re more likely to be administered the oath of workplace on Friday.
The excessive court docket at present has 55 judges in opposition to a sanctioned energy of 85. The Supreme Court docket has additionally lately really helpful the appointment of appearing chief justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as chief justice. The appointments are more likely to velocity up disposal of circumstances, which stood at 4.22 lakh, in accordance with the information maintained by the Nationwide Judicial Knowledge Grid.
Haryana to get new AG
With Chauhan’s elevation as extra choose, the Haryana authorities should appoint a brand new prime legislation officer. Chauhan was appointed AG in December 2024. He had changed senior advocate BR Mahajan, who had held the publish for nearly a decade.
