The President has appointed two judicial officers - Dharmalingam Lingeswaran and Balathandayutham Karthikeyan as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court.

Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted on X (previously Twitter), as under:

In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, in consultation with Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the following 02 Judicial Officers as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court:-

1. Shri Dharmalingam Lingeswaran

2. Shri Balathandayutham Karthikeyan

On May 19, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the names of the two judicial officers for appointment as additional judges of the Madras High Court.

With the appointment of the new judges, the total strength of judges in the High Court will be 68 as against a sanctioned strength of 75 judges