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Madras High Court appoints 15 new judges, strength reaches 66

The appointees include eight advocates and seven judicial officers, with the court's sanctioned strength at 75.

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Chennai: Eight advocates and seven judicial officers were on Sunday sworn-in as judges of the Madras High Court.

At a simple function held on the HC premises, Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari administered the oath of office to the new judges.

With their appointment, the total number of judges in the High Court has gone up to 66, as against the sanctioned strength of 75.

The newly appointed permanent judges were Krishnaswamy Govindarajan, Rajnish Pathiyil, Natarajan Ramesh, G K Muthukumaar and Ramakrishnan Rajesh Vivekananthan. Additional judges appointed for a period of two years from the Bar were Sankaranarayanan Raveekumar, Nagarajan Dilip Kumar and Ellappan Manoharan.

Judicial officers elevated as additional judges for a period of two years were Dr P Murugan, M D Sumathi, S Alli, C Thirumagal Chandrasekar, Shanmugam Karthikeyan, Baluchamy Murugesan and N Gunasekaran.

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