Central Govt Approves 1-Year Extension For Nine Additional Judges Of Calcutta High Court

The Ministry of Law & Justice helmed by Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has approved fresh 1 year terms for nine additional judges of the Calcutta High Court.

Earlier, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended the extension of term for the aforesaid nine judges by one year, after having considered the recommendation of the Calcutta High Court collegium on making the judges permanent. 

The Collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai had recommended the names of the following additional judges for extension of tenure:

Justices (i) Biswaroop Chowdhury, (ii) Partha Sarathi Sen, (iii) Prasenjit Biswas, (iv) Uday Kumar, (v) Ajay Kumar Gupta, (vi) Supratim Bhattacharya, (vii) Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, (viii) Apurba Sinha Ray, and (ix) Md. Shabbar Rashidi.