Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the elevation of two advocates and as many judicial officers as Judges of Orissa High Court.
Two lawyers – Aditya Kumar Mohapatra and Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo- and judicial officers – Radha Krishna Pattanaik and Sashikanta Mishra – have been recommended for elevation.
The Collegium had earlier recommended the transfer of three judges – Punjab & Haryana High Court Judge Justice Jaswant Singh, Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Soumen Sen and Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Arindam Sinha – to the Orissa High Court.
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The HC currently has 12 judges, besides the Chief Justice, against the sanctioned strength of 27.
