The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of 4 advocates as judges of the Orissa High Court.
Following a meeting held on August 18, the Collegium approved proposals for appointment of the following advocates as judges:
(i) Sasmita Tripathy
(ii) Aditya Narayan Das
(iii) Rajjeet Roy
(iv) Gautam Misra
The Orissa High Court is currently functioning with only 17 active judges, with 2 judges, including Chief Justice Harish Tandon, set to retire this year.
The High Court’s sanctioned judge strength is 33.
[Read Collegium Statement]