Centre Notifies Appointments Of 7 New Judges Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of seven new judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

They are :

1. Vinay Saraf, Advocate

2. Vivek Jain, Advocate

3. Rajendra Kumar Vani, Judicial Officer

4. Pramod Kumar Agrawal, Judicial Officer Binod Kumar Dwivedi, Judicial Officer

6. Devnarayan Mishra, Judicial Officer

7. Gajendra Singh, Judicial Officer.

On October 17, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended the appointment of four advocates and five judicial officers as judges of the MP High Court.  While Centre has approved the elevation of the five judicial officers proposed by the Collegium, it has cleared only two out of the four advocates recommended by the collegium.

The MP High Court has at present 33 judges out of the sanctioned strength of 53. With the new appointments, the vacancies will come down to 13.