The Centre on Wednesday notified the appointment of three new judges for Jharkhand High Court after President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to their selection.
The new judges included Sujeet Narayan Prasad, Rangan Mukhopadhaya, both lawyers, and R N Verma, Director, Judicial Academy.
The notification and the warrant of appointment have been received by the Raj Bhavan from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The three judges will take the oath of office on September 26 at the White Hall in the presence of acting Chief Justice D N Patel.
With these appointments, the strength of the High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 20, will go up to 13. Judges in a High Court are appointed by the President of India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the State.
The High Court judges are appointed in two ways - from the Bar and from amongst members of the State judicial service. Thirty-three per cent of the posts are reserved for State judicial officers of district judge rank. Verma belongs to State Judicial Services.