Collegium Recommends Ten Additional Judges From Karnataka High Court, Two From Kerala High Court, Be Made Permanent

Three statements have been issued by the Supreme Court Collegium yesterday recommending that two additional judges of the Kerala High Court and ten from the Karnataka High Court should be made permanent judges of the respective high courts.

The two Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court are:

1. Justice M.R. Anitha, and
2. Justice K. Nair Haripal. 

With regard to the Karnataka High Court, the Collegium has issued two separate statements. The ten names so recommended are:

1. Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar,
2. Justice M. Ganeshaiah Uma,
3. Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda,
4. Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar,
5. Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai,
6. Justice P. Krishna Bhat,
7. Justice Maralur Indrakumar Arun,
8. Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Indiresh,
9. Justice Ravi Venkappa Hosmani, and
10.Justice Savanur Vishwajith Shetty.

The two judges from the Kerala high Court were appointed as additional judges in March and May, 2020, respectively.

Justices Indrakumar Arun, Indiresh and Hosmani were appointed as additional judges in January, 2020. Justice Shetty was appointed in April. 2020.

The other six judges, namely Justices Amarannavar, Uma, Srishananda, Sanjeevkumar, Desai, and Bhat were appointed in May, 2020.

Read the Statement for Kerala High Court here.

Read the Statement for Karnataka High Court here. Statement I and Statement II.