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New Delhi : The President of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, on October 12, 2021, appointed 17 Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges of different High Courts for a period of two years from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

According to a PIB release, Vide notifications dated October 12, 2021, in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges of the following High Courts for a period of two years from the date they assume charge of their respective offices :

Sl. No. Name (S/Shri) Name of the High Court in which appointed
1. Chandra Kumar Rai, Advocate Allahabad
2. Krishan Pahal, Advocate Allahabad
3. Sameer Jain, Advocate Allahabad
4. Ashutosh Srivastava, Advocate Allahabad
5. Subhash Vidyarthi, Advocate Allahabad
6. Brij Raj Singh, Advocate Allahabad
7. Shree Prakash Singh, Advocate Allahabad
8. Vikas Budhwar, Advocate Allahabad
9. Smt. Sundaram Srimathy, Advocate Madras
10. D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Advocate Madras
11. R. Vijayakumar, Advocate Madras
12. Mohammed Shaffiq, Advocate Madras
13. Kakheto Sema, Advocate Gauhati
14. Devashis Baruah, Advocate Gauhati
15. Smt. Malasri Nandi, Judicial Officer Gauhati
16. Smt. Marli Vankung, Judicial Officer Gauhati
17. Shri Arun Dev Choudhury, Advocate, from the date 05.11.2021. Gauhati