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NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of 12 additional judges as permanent judges in the high courts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Gauhati.
The collegium, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Vikram Nath and B V Nagarathna, took the decision at a meeting held on Wednesday.
Five additional judges have been approved for permanent appointment to the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
For the Kerala High Court, the Collegium approved the appointment of Justices P Krishna Kumar, KV Jayakumar, Muralee Krishna S, Jobin Sebastian and PV Balakrishnan as permanent judges.
The collegium also approved the appointment of Justice Subhash Upadhyay, an additional judge, as a permanent judge of the Uttarakhand High Court.
In another resolution, it approved the appointment of Justice Kaushik Goswami, an additional judge, as a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court. (PTI)
