Centre Notifies Appointment Of Five Judicial Officers As Judges Of Allahabad High Court

The Central Government today notified the appointment of the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the Allahabad High Court. They are:

1. Pramod Kumar Srivastava, 

2. Abdul Shahid, 

3. Santosh Rai, 

4. Tej Pratap Tiwari, and 

5. Zafeer Ahmad

While the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the names of judicial officers Srivastava, Rai, and Ahmad on July 1, the proposal to appoint Judicial Officers Tiwari and Shahid as Judges of the HC was made on April 2.

As of August 4, the HC is working with only 79 judges (including the Chief Justice), despite having a sanctioned strength of 160.