The Central goverment on August 27 cleared the appointment of 14 advocates as Bombay High Court judges.. The following eight lawyers' appointments have been notified:Siddheshwar Sundarrao ThombreMehroz Ashraf Khan PathanRanjitsinha Raja BhonsaleNandesh Shankarrao DeshpandeAmit Satyavan JamsandekarAshish Sahadev ChavanVaishali Nimbajirao Patil-JadhavSandesh Dadasaheb PatilAbasaheb Dharmaji ShindeShreeram Vinayak ShirsatHiten Shamrao VenegavkarFarhan Parvez DubashRajnish Ratnakar VyasRaj Damodar Wakode.The same was confirmed by Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal via a post on his official handle on X..Advocate Venegavkar is the currently serving as the Chief Public Prosecutor for Maharashtra while Advocate Dubash holds the position of secretary at the Bombay Bar Association.The appointment of the 14 advocates was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium on August 19..The Bombay High Court currently has 66 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 94.
