Centre appoints six new judges to Madhya Pradesh High Court

NEW DELHI, 19 June 2021, (TON): Law Ministry said “six new judges were appointed to the Madhya Pradesh High Çourt.”

A separate notification issued by the Department of Justice said “an additional judge was also appointed to the Gauhati High Court.”

The notification said that Anil Verma, Arun Kumar Sharma, Satyendra Kumar Singh, Sunita Yadav, Deepak Kumar Agarwal and Rajendra Kumar (Verma) will be judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

All the six elevated as judges are from the judicial services.

According to the data available on the website of the Department of Justice, as on 1 June, while the sanctioned strength of the Madhya Pradesh High Court was 53, it was functioning with 24 judges, a shortfall of 29.

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