The Government on Monday appointed 37 judges to various High Courts. As many as 11 Judges were appointed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
“With the notification of the appointments of another 11 High Court Judges in the Punjab & Haryana High Court by the government this year i.e. 2022, so far 138 appointments in various High Courts of the country has been made thus surpassing its earlier record of 126 High Court appointments in 2016,” said Ministry of Law and Justice in statement.
“ Last year i.e. 2021, the appointment tally in High Courts was 120 in addition to 9 appointments in the Supreme Court. Thus, the entire appointment process in higher judiciary has been put on a fast track,” the statement added.
The 11 Judges appointed at Punjab and Haryana High Court are : Nidhi Gupta, Sanjay Vashisth, Tribhuvan Dahiya, Namit Kumar, Harkesh Manuja, Aman Chaudhary, Naresh Singh, Harsh Bunger, Jagmohan Bansal, Deepak Manchanda and Alok Jain. All are advocates and appointed as Additional Judges for a period of two years.