The Centre on Thursday issued a notification appointing advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court, acting belatedly on a reiteration made by the Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India, D.Y. .
On his last day in office, Justice Diwaker said he was elevated as a judge in Chhattisgarh High Court on March 31, 2009. “I discharged my duties as a judge in Chhattisgarh High Court till October 2018 to the satisfaction of one and all, and particularly to the satisfaction of my own inner being,” he said
Justice Shekhar B. Saraf was on Friday sworn in as the Judge of the Allahabad High Court, following his transfer from the Calcutta High Court. Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker administered him the oath.
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The SC collegium had on Monday recommended the appointment of Justice Sharma along with then Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Augustine George Masih and the then Gauhati HC Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta as judges of the top court.