HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana cleared names of seven district judges for elevation as judges of Telangana high court.
The collegium also passed an unanimous resolution recommending the central government to appoint them as judges of Telangana high court. The names of high court registrar General A Venkateswar Reddy, Hyderabad city civil court chief judge C Sumalatha, P Madhavi Devi from income tax appellate tribunal and senior district judges P Sree Sudha, G Radha Rani, M Laxman and N Tukaramji were recommended.
They will soon become HC judges upon notification by the Centre. All these elevations are from district judiciary. Soon a batch of lawyers too would become judges because the high court has already sent to Supreme Court a panel of advocates for elevation.
A notification to this effect is expected from Supreme Court soon. If that happens then that would pave the way for filling the vacancies of HC judges in the high court soon.
Telangana HC has 12 judges now hearing scores of cases every day. When the Telangana HC was formed, the court had a sanctioned strength of 24 Judges. Later with the intervention of CJI NV Ramana, the sanctioned strength was increased to 42.
