The appointment on Wednesday came after the collegium reiterated the recommendation in 2021 (Image for representation: Shutterstock/File)
Advocate Wasim Sadiq Nargal was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium in 2018 and was one of the oldest pending with the government.
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Four years after his name was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium, advocate Wasim Sadiq Nargal was on Wednesday appointed as an additional judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Nargal was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium in 2018 and was one of the oldest pending with the government. The appointment on Wednesday came after the collegium reiterated the recommendation in 2021.
According to the notification issued by the Law Ministry, seven judicial officers from Bihar were elevated as judges of the Patna High Court. Four additional judges of the Kerala High Court were also elevated as judges.
The ministry also notified the transfer of six judges. Justice Chittaranjan Das of the Orissa High Court has been transferred to the Calcutta High Court.
Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has been transferred to the Patna High Court. Justice Subhasis Talpatra of the Tripura High Court has been transferred to the Orissa High Court. Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has been sent to the Bombay High Court, while Justice Lanusungkum Jamir of the Manipur High Court has been sent to the Gauhati High Court.
Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has been transferred to the Delhi High Court. The judicial officers promoted as judges of Patna High Court are Shailendra Singh, Arun Kumar Jha, Jitendra Kumar, Alok Kumar Pandey, Sunil Dutta, Chandra Prakash Singh and Chandrashekhar Jha.
Additional judges of the Kerala High Court who have been elevated as judges are Murali Purushothaman, Ziyad Rahman Alevakkat Abdul Rahiman, Karunakaran Babu and Dr Kausar Edappagath.
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