The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of 5 judicial officers and 5 lawyers for elevation as judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court..After meetings held on July 1 and 2, the Collegium recommended the following lawyers for judgeship:i) Pushpendra Yadav(ii) Anand Singh Bahrawat(iii) Ajay Kumar Nirankari (iv) Jai Kumar Pillai (v) Himanshu Joshi.The following 5 judicial officers have been recommended for elevation:(i) Rajesh Kumar Gupta (ii) Alok Awasthi (iii) Ratnesh Chandra Singh Bisen (iv) Bhagwati Prasad Sharma (v) Pradeep Mittal.The Madhya Pradesh High Court is currently functioning with a strength of 33 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 53..Notably, Bar & Bench reported today that the Collegium has tightened the process for selection of judges and intensified scrutiny of candidates.It was also revealed that the Collegium interacted with a total of 54 candidates in 2 days to fill High Court judge vacancies..[Read resolutions]
