Telangana High Court Bench Strength Rises From 24 To 42

The increase in sanctioned Bench strength of the Telangana High Court is with "immediate effect" and out of 42, 32 will be Permanent Judges and 10 will be Additional Judges.

The Telangana High Court's bench strength has been increased from 24 to 42 judges, one of the biggest jumps, as the Centre has agreed to the long pending proposal revived by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana. Justice Ramana, soon after taking over as the CJI on April 24, reviewed all the pending proposals and took them up along with a host of issues concerning the judiciary with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad who "readily agreed to get the matters examined expeditiously", including the proposal to raise the bench strength of the high court. The increase in sanctioned Bench strength of the Telangana High Court is with "immediate effect" and out of 42, 32 will be Permanent Judges and 10 will be Additional Judges. Now as per the scheme, which was pending approval with the Centre since February 2019, out of 42, 28 judges would be made from Bar quota and rest 14 judicial officers would be promoted under service category, they said.