Acting swiftly on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium, the Centre on Wednesday cleared the elevation of 14 advocates as judges of the Bombay High Court, reported news agency IANS. 

“The President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI), was pleased to appoint advocates Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre, Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan, Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale, Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande, Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar, Ashish Sahadev Chavan, Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil, Smt. Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav, Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde, Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat, Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar, Farhan Parvez Dubash, Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas and Raj Damodar Wakode as Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court for a period of two years,” said the notification issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice, reported IANS.

Last week, the Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, recommended the elevation of these advocates as judges of the Bombay High Court.