Six new judges appointed to Gujarat High Court

Gujarat High Court will have six new judges as soon as the President of India announce the names officially.

At this stage President of India has cleared and communicated these names to Gujarat High Court for age verification and other formalities.

While four of the six new judges are elevated, two are from the bar.

The four judges are G B Shah, present Registrar General of Gujarat High Court, Sonia Gokani Registrar (recruitment), PP Bhatt additional city civil and sessions judge and Bela Trivedi.

The two from the bar are Jamshed Pardiwala, former standing counsel for Gujarat High Court and R M Chhaya standing counsel for the Union Government.

Sanctioned strength of Judges in Gujarat High Court is 42. At present there are 23 Judges. Of them four will retire soon.

JB Pardiwala, Bela Trivedi, Jyotsanaben Yagnik