The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of eight judges for the Patna High Court.
The collegium headed by CJI NV Ramana, held on September 23, approved the promotion of six advocates and two judicial officers to the HC bench: advocates Khatim Raza, Sandeep Kumar, Anshuman Pandey, Purnendu Singh, Satyavrat Verma and Rajesh Kumar Verma, and judicial officers. Navneet Kumar Pandey and Sunil Kumar Panwar.
With this, the number of judges recommended by the collegium to various high courts has increased to 102 since August.
According to the Justice Department, there are 465 vacancies in 25 HCs – 281 vacancies of permanent judges and 184 vacancies of additional judges, against the sanctioned strength of 1,098 as of September 1, 2021.
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