NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MARCH 24
Nine judges, including two whose names were reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium, were on Thursday appointed to five high courts. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry tweeted that six of the nine new judges are advocates and the remaining three are judicial officers.
The Centre has appointed Advocates Nidumolu Mala and S. Sounthar as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, for a period of two years. The notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice today reads thus: “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (l) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Ms. Nidumolu Mala, and (ii) Shri S. Sounthar, to be Additional Judges of the Madras High Court for a period of two years, with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.”
Advocates Rahul Bharti and Moksha Khajuria Kazmi have been appointed as additional judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Their names were returned by the government to the SC collegium in July-August last year with a request to reconsider the recommendations. The collegium had reiterated its recommendations later last year.
While the apex court collegium had first recommended Kazmi’s name as judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in October, 2019, Bharti’s name was recommended in March last year.
Among those appointed also include judicial officers Poonam A Bamba and Swarna Kanta Sharma. They have been made judges of the Delhi High Court.
