More judges for Delhi, Kerala high courts

The Law Ministry has appointed new judges to the High Courts of Kerala and Delhi and the elevation of additional judges in the Karnataka High Court as permanent judges.

“The President of India appointed Shri Jasmeet Singh and Shri Amit Bansal as the Judges of the Delhi High Court,” a Law Ministry statement said on Monday.

In Kerala, Murali Purushothaman, Ziyad Rahman Alevakkatt Abdul Rahiman, Karunakaran Babu and Kauser Edappagath have been elevated a judges.img

Purushothaman and Rahiman were elevated from the Bar and Karunakaran Babu and Dr. Edappagath have been appointed from the judicial services.

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their appointments last August.

Four additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court — Singapuram Raghavachar Krishna Kumar, Ashok Subhashchandra Kinagi, Suraj Govindaraj and Sachin Shankar Magadum — who were appointed as additional judges in September 2019, were also made permanent judges through a notification.