Tribune News Service
Saurabh Malik
Chandigarh, April 27
The Centre on Thursday notified the appointment of six additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as permanent.
The Judges made permanent are Justice Vikas Bahl, Justice Vikas Suri, Justice Sandeep Moudgil, Justice Vinod Sharma Bhardwaj, Justice Pankaj Jain and Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi.
When Sandeep Moudgil hung up his boots following an damage after representing the State of Haryana in nationwide cricket tournaments performed by the BCCI and the nation in NKP Salvey Trophy, little did he realise that he can be taking part in one other significant innings. The notification making him, and the opposite Judges, permanent got here lower than a month after the Supreme Court collegium handed a decision recommending the identical.
In a associated growth, the Central authorities additionally notified the switch of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma from Patna High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, growing the whole energy of Judges to 67 in opposition to the sanctioned energy of 85.
The energy will, nonetheless, register a dip with seven permanent judges retiring this 12 months after attaining the age of superannuation. The Judges scheduled to retire are Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu, Justice Sudhir Mittal, Justice Ashok Kumar Verma, Justice Jaishree Thakur, Justice HS Madan, Justice BS Walia and Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill.
Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha will even retire this 12 months in October, if not elevated to the Supreme Court. Justice Augustine George Masih’s title has additionally been cleared for elevation as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, whereas Justice M S Ramachandra Rao’s title has been beneficial for appointment as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
