Fourteen new judges were sworn in as additional judges of Bombay High Court on Tuesday. .Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar administered the oath to the following judges:Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre;Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan;Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale;Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande;Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar;Ashish Sahadev Chavan;Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav;Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil;Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde;Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat;Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar;Farhan Parvez Dubash;Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas;Raj Damodar Wakode..The Supreme Court collegium recommended their appointment on August 19. The Central government cleared the same on August 27.The judges will serve for a period of two years from today following which they may or may not be made permanent judges of the High Court.Until yesterday, the High Court had a functioning strength of 68 judges against a sanctioned strength of 94. With the new appointments, the strength has come up to 82.
