Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 30
The Supreme Court collegium has cleared the name of advocate Sandeep Moudgil for elevation as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. With this, all five names, recommended by the High Court collegium for elevation in August last year, have been cleared by the apex court.
Initially, the names of five advocates, including Vikas Suri, Vinod Sharma Bhardwaj, Pankaj Jain and Jasjit Singh Bedi, were finalised and forwarded. These were further forwarded by the Centre to the Supreme Court as late as in April this year. While Moudgil’s name was pending, the other names were cleared by the SC collegium at its meeting held on September 1.
The number of Judges with their elevation will go up to 50 against the sanctioned of 85. It may eventually increase to 51 as the High Court is slated to get three more judges, including two from the Himachal Pradesh High Court, following Supreme Court recommendations on their transfers. Two High Court’s senior judges are to be transferred.
Supreme Court clears Moudgil’s name for HC Judge
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