Chief Justice of Madras High Court S.K. Kaul on Wednesday Oct 05,2016 administered
the oath of office to 15 new judges of the court on the court premises.
With this, the sitting strength of the court has increased from 39 to
54, against the total sanctioned strength of 75.
On September 28, the warrant of appointment of the 15 judges, issued by
the President of India, was notified by the Union Ministry of Law and
Justice.
The new judges are: V. Parthiban, R. Subramanian, M. Govindaraj, M.
Sundar, R. Suresh Kumar, J. Nisha Banu, M.S. Ramesh, S.M. Subramaniam,
and Anita Sumanth, all lawyers of the court, and six persons in the
cadre of District Judge — A.M. Basheer Ahamed, T. Ravindran, S.
Baskaran, P. Velmurugan, G. Jayachandran, and C.V. Karthikeyan.
One of them, Justice S.M. Subramaniam presented a copy of declaration of
his assets to the Chief Justice soon after concluding his reply speech.
Delivering his welcome address, Advocate General of Tamil Nadu R.
Muthukumaraswamy said, “This occasion is a matter of pride, as this is
the second such occasion where such large number (15) of judges are
sworn in to this High Court.” He thanked all those who were instrumental
in making possible such an occasion.
Welcoming the new judges, President of the Madras High Court Advocates
Association R.C. Paul Kanagaraj said, “Though we are happy with the 15
appointments, it is disappointing that the entire list of
recommendations sent by the High Court was not cleared for appointment.”
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