Chandigarh, September 12
Almost a year after the names of six advocates were recommended for elevation as Punjab and Haryana High Court Judges, the President of India has cleared the list. A fax message to this effect was received by the High Court this afternoon.
The lawyers to be elevated are R N Raina, N K Sanghi, Rameshwar Malik, T S Dhindsa, P S Dhaliwal and Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia.
The advocates will now undergo medical examination and other formalities before their warrants of appointment arrive and they are administered oath. The oath-taking ceremony is likely to be held within a week.
The oath will be administered by Acting Chief Justice M. Kumar, if Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi does not join the High Court by then.
After this, three more advocates will be elevated. They are Suvir Sehgal, Sunil Chadha and JS Puri. The file carrying their names is pending before the Apex Court collegium. With the elevation of the six advocates, the number of Judges will go up to 48. Even after their elevation, the vacancies of Judges in the High Court will remain as the sanctioned strength is 68.
As of now, the High Court has approximately two lakh pending cases. The list of six advocates, forwarded by outgoing Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal at the fag-end of his tenure, had reportedly hit a hurdle. Indications are that the list was again placed for review before the High Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The roadblock was removed only after Chief Justice Gogoi gave the nod to the list.
Almost a year after the names of six advocates were recommended for elevation as Punjab and Haryana High Court Judges, the President of India has cleared the list. A fax message to this effect was received by the High Court this afternoon.
The lawyers to be elevated are R N Raina, N K Sanghi, Rameshwar Malik, T S Dhindsa, P S Dhaliwal and Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia.
The advocates will now undergo medical examination and other formalities before their warrants of appointment arrive and they are administered oath. The oath-taking ceremony is likely to be held within a week.
The oath will be administered by Acting Chief Justice M. Kumar, if Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi does not join the High Court by then.
After this, three more advocates will be elevated. They are Suvir Sehgal, Sunil Chadha and JS Puri. The file carrying their names is pending before the Apex Court collegium. With the elevation of the six advocates, the number of Judges will go up to 48. Even after their elevation, the vacancies of Judges in the High Court will remain as the sanctioned strength is 68.
As of now, the High Court has approximately two lakh pending cases. The list of six advocates, forwarded by outgoing Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal at the fag-end of his tenure, had reportedly hit a hurdle. Indications are that the list was again placed for review before the High Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The roadblock was removed only after Chief Justice Gogoi gave the nod to the list.
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