Centre Notifies Appointment of 13 Lawyers, Judicial Officers as HC Judges

The appointment of L Victoria Gowri as an additional judge comes amid reports of her affiliation to the BJP.

The Centre on Monday, 6 February, notified the appointment of 13 advocates and judicial officers as additional judges of the Allahabad High Court, Karnataka High Court, and Madras High Court. 

The 13 new additional judges include: 

• Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, Advocate

• Manish Kumar Nigam, Advocate

• Ansh Kumar Gupta, Advocate

• Nand Prabha Shukla, Advocate

• Kshitij Shailendra, Advocate

• Vinod Diwakar, Advocate

• Vijaykumar Adagouda Patil, Advocate

• Rajesh Rai Kallangala, Advocate

• Lakshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri, Advocate

• Pillaipakkam Bahukutumbi Balaji, Advocate

• Ramachandran Kalaimaithi, Judicial Officer

• Govindarajan Thilakavadi, Judicial Officer