INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
of 16 lawyers for appointment as judges of Kerala, Karnataka and Bombay High Courts.The top court collegium comprising Chief Justice Ranjan
Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and N V Ramana recommended the names of the advocates to the central government after assessing their merit and
suitability.For the Kerala High Court, the Collegium has forwarded the names of Conrad Stansilaus Dias, Mohammed Nias C P and Paul K K.For
Karnataka High Court, the names of Savanur Vishwajith Shetty, Singapuram Raghavachar Krishna Kumar, Maralur Indrakumar Arun, Mohammed Ghouse
Shukure Kamal, Ashok Subhashchandra Kinagi, Govindaraj Suraj, Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Indiresh and Sachin Shankar Magadum were cleared by
the top court.Advocates Avinash G Gharote, N B Suryawanshi, Madhav Jamdar, Anil Kilor and Milind Narendra Jadhav were given the nod to be
appointed as judges of the Bombay High Court.In order to ascertain the suitability of the recommendees, the three-member Collegium have
consulted the top court judges conversant with the affairs of the High Court concerned before recommending their names for the
appointment.The Collegium, to which ten names of lawyers were sent for elevation as Bombay HC judges, cleared only five, sent back four
names and deferred one to await further details.With regard to elevation of lawyers as judges in the Karnataka High Court, the Collegium
accepted recommendations of eight lawyers and remitted one name to the high court collegium for reconsideration.The Collegium accepted all
the three recommendations for Kerala High Court.Get the latest election news, live updates and election schedule for Lok Sabha Elections
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