Madhya Pradesh High Court Gets 6 New Judges

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

Six new judges were appointed to the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday, the law ministry said. An additional judge was also appointed to the Gauhati High Court, a separate notification issued by the Department of Justice said. The notification said 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.