The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of 11 new judges to three high courts. This recommendation has been shared at a meeting of the collegium on August 14. the eleven recommendations will now have to be cleared by the central government.

While for the Gujarat high court three names were recommended, four names each were recommended for appointment to Allahabad and Kerala high courts.
The names which have been recommended for appointment to the Allahabad high court are Sanjay Kumar Pachori, Subhash Chandra Sharma, Subhash Chand and Saroj Yadav. Allahabad high court, is currently functioning with 99 judges even though its sanctioned strength is 161.

For the Kerala High Court the recommended names are Murali Purushothaman, Ziyad Rahman AA, Karunakaran Babu and Dr. Kauser Edappagath.

The three names recommended for elevation to the Gujarat HC are Vaibhavi Devang Nanavati, Nirzarkumar Sushilkumar Desai and Nikhil Shreedharan Kariel. All three are lawyers. There are only 27 judges at the Gujarat HC which has a sanctioned strength of 52.