Presidential warrants of appointment of two more judges in the Odisha High Court reached the HC Registry here on Wednesday. HC sources confirmed that the two new judges would take oath on Friday morning.
High Court Register General JP Das informed that judge-designate Debabrata Das would take oath as a permanent judge while judge-designate Satrughna Pujahari would take oath as an additional judge.
Both Das and Pujahari are elevated to the HC bench from service cadre. Prior to his new appointment, Das was working as the District and Sessions Judge of Ganjam while Pujahari was the Principal Secretary of the State law Department. With the elevation of Das and Pujahari to the bench, the strength of judges of the HC would go up to 17, including the Chief Justice. The sanctioned strength of the judges in the HC is 22, including five additional judges.