The Jharkhand High Court is expected to get five new judges as the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has given its consent for the elevation of five judicial officials as the judges in the Jharkhand High Court.
The Supreme Court collegiums acted on the proposal sent by Jharkhand High Court which had recommended Pradeep Kumar Srivastava (district judge), Gautam Kumar Choudhary (director judicial academy), Ambuj Nath (Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court), Navneet Kumar (chief judicial commissioner of Ranchi) and Jharkhand Law secretary Sanjay Prasad.
The Supreme Court collegium had held a meeting on September 1 in this regard where proposals were accepted. Now this will be sent to President of India Ram Nath Kovid for his permission.
Currently in Jharkhand High Court there are 15 judges including Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan. With this the number of judges in Jharkhand High Court will be 20 whereas the sanctioned strength of judges in Jharkhand High Court is 25.
Overall the Supreme Court's Collegium approved 68 names for elevation as Judges of 12 High Courts. Jharkhand is among the 12 High Courts that had sent the names. These High Courts include Allahabad, Rajasthan, Calcutta, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madras, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Assam. The Collegium recommended the names of 10 women for elevation as judges, including Marli Vankung for Gauhati High Court.