Five New Additional Judges Sworn In, Kerala High Court To Function With 45 Judges For The First Time

1. Shri Paramesara Panicker Krishna Kumar

2. Shri Kodassery Veliyath Madom Jayakumar

3. Shri Muralee Krishna Shankaramoole

4. Shri Jobin Sebastian

5. Shri Pandikkaran Varadaraja Iyer Balakrishnan

Yesterday, the notification was issued by the Central Government appointing them as Additional Judges.

The oath was administered by the Hon'ble Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar.

With this, the Kerala High Court will now function with a strength of 45 Judges, as against the sanctioned strength of 47 Judges.

The present sanctioned strength of Kerala High Court is 35 permanent judges including the Chief Justice and 12 Additional Judges.

After the swearing-in ceremony of five additional judges today, the Kerala High Court has 30 permanent judges including the Chief Justice and 15 Additional Judges.