The Supreme Court collegium has approved a proposal for the appointment of 10 advocates as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, in a meeting held on May 4, approved names of advocates Monica Chhibber Sharma, Harmeet Singh Deol, Puja Chopra, Sunish Bindlish, Navdeep Singh, Divya Sharma, Ravinder Malik, Pravindra Singh Chauhan, Rajesh Gaur, and Minderjeet Yadav as judges.
Mr. Chauhan is currently the Advocate-General of Haryana, while Mr. Deol is the Additional Advocate-General of Punjab.
In another decision, the collegium also approved the proposal for appointment of three judicial officers as judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
The three judicial officers are Sunitha Gandham, Alapati Giridhar, and Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi.