Two more judges have been appointed for the Odisha High Court. Biswanath Rath and Sangam Kumar Sahoo would be sworn in as Additional Judges of the High Court on Wednesday, HC sources said on Monday.
Moreover, Justice Vinod Prasad, who was earlier transferred from the Allahabad High Court to the Odisha High Court, would also be sworn in here on Wednesday.
With these appointments and transfer, the number of the Odisha HC judges would increase to 20, still two short of the sanctioned strength of 22.
Born in Ganjam district on September 7, 1961, Rath completed his schooling and college from Cuttack. After obtaining a law degree from the MS law College here, he began his practice in the High Court from December 1985.
Sahoo, a native of Chauliaganj of Cuttack city, had his schooling in the Nuabazar High School in the city and obtained a Science degree from the Stewart Science College, Cuttack. After doing his llB from The law College here, he enrolled himself as a HC lawyer in 1990.